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https://hackaday.com/2006/02/05/backtrack-live-cd/
|
BackTrack Live CD
|
Eliot
|
[
"computer hacks"
] |
[] |
First Whoppix and Auditor then Whax and now finally everything has come together to form remote-exploit’s latest Live CD project
BackTrack
. The very first beta of the new system was released today. I downloaded it and tested it on my 600m. It had a nice uncluttered feeling right from the beginning by not offering the scads of boot options found in Knoppix. The system came up really quick and stopped at the command prompt instead of going to a GUI which is another nice touch. The CD also doesn’t automatically bring up the network interfaces since you may have something special in mind. The default windowing environment is KDE, but Fluxbox is included if you’re on a diet. Kismet started up and set up my Intel 2200 card without any assistance. I really think the team has put together a great product and I look forward to future releases.
Try it out for yourself
.
[thanks
steve
]
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{
"comment_id": "16905",
"author": "Cleaner",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T17:39:50",
"content": "The toolkits are cool but se HDD installation is rally buggy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16904",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T18:49:03",
"content": "For once, I may contribute to the network. When this finishes, I’m making and uploading a torrent to torrentspy and mininova. Having 5 mirrors is great, but not when it gets posted on hackaday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16903",
"author": "tuckie",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T20:03:47",
"content": "You just had to post it on hackaday, didn’t you? ;)I’ve been looking forward to this all week, and now that I finally check the site to download it, everything is now timing out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16902",
"author": "prominator",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T20:55:18",
"content": "there is a torrent in mininova.org",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16900",
"author": "digital_me",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T21:54:07",
"content": "Thanks for the torrent!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16901",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T22:02:42",
"content": "http://www.mininova.org/tor/217250",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16898",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T22:18:35",
"content": "Awesome, I was wondering when this was coming out. Thanks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16899",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T23:57:09",
"content": "I think LiveCDs are one of the greatest ideas in the past few years.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16897",
"author": "airlynx99",
"timestamp": "2006-02-06T06:06:30",
"content": "These LiveCD’s keep on getting me into trouble with my wife because I have a habit of leaving them running on our pc, but this one I just have to try! (to be nice to their servers I guess I’ll go get the torrent)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16896",
"author": "felix",
"timestamp": "2006-02-06T06:28:04",
"content": "Although it recognises my Ralink WiFi-G card as interface ra0, KWiFiManager crashes when I try to associate with my AP. Kismet and iwconfig won’t work, GPS Drive won’t link with my GPS, and Bluetooth support is broken.It really is deserving of it’s ‘beta’ marking.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16894",
"author": "Fragged",
"timestamp": "2006-02-06T08:58:49",
"content": "There is a dedicated Linux Tracker (for torrents) nfi what the site is tho…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16895",
"author": "ad",
"timestamp": "2006-02-06T20:50:49",
"content": "hackaday and digg is like torture to webserver (and webmasters paying for that bandwidth)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16893",
"author": "tazzik",
"timestamp": "2006-02-06T23:02:11",
"content": "There doesn’t seem to be airforge in there, i’m new to this type of networking, is there a supplied alternative",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16892",
"author": "Cleaner",
"timestamp": "2006-02-07T00:49:41",
"content": "i played arround with the installer, but it didn’t work right. the splash-fix helped a litle bit but hd installtion is not a goot choice jet.and i’am missing some things like the laptop modules, wich are not implemented.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16891",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2006-02-07T01:08:25",
"content": "Is that an Apple keyboard from one of the second or third generation iMacs that they’re using as the desktop image?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16890",
"author": "kenneth",
"timestamp": "2006-02-08T03:48:22",
"content": "new here….very new…what are *.torrent files ?is there a way for me to read the file. i have one a friend sent and won’t tell me any more.thanks or any help and i hope i’m not stepping on of line. thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16889",
"author": "zombie-nation",
"timestamp": "2006-02-08T22:06:35",
"content": "http://www.remote-exploit.org/is recieving a denial of service attack (according to their web site).Having problems with the live CD. Receive Disk Error 32 ax=4200 drive 9F ‘error’. Loaded modules with no success. It’s a beta.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16888",
"author": "[sven]",
"timestamp": "2006-02-12T02:56:10",
"content": "the console works great, X/kde in whax never liked my laptops video card without a but hacker sawing. but thats why where here.kenneth [16] download and open torrents files withhttp://www.utorrent.com/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16887",
"author": "dimos",
"timestamp": "2006-02-12T14:25:34",
"content": "how can i add gui i don’t see any desktop i hope you help me [email protected] i have to type?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16886",
"author": "christoph",
"timestamp": "2006-02-26T01:10:57",
"content": "my butt stings, and remote-exploit is having problems so thank you for torrent info. i need some asprin for my headache and ointment for my butt. anyone ever had a dirty sanchez? thats when your gettin it on and you stick a finger in her butt and stick your brown finger under her nose so it looks like a mustache. ohhh.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16885",
"author": "Emilml",
"timestamp": "2006-05-07T10:45:50",
"content": "remote-exploit is up again :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16884",
"author": "cx42",
"timestamp": "2006-05-30T18:37:46",
"content": "do you know if backtrack v1 run with Intel Pro Wireless 3945ABG ?thank’s for the answers :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16883",
"author": "vasabi",
"timestamp": "2006-05-31T18:10:34",
"content": "hi all. I just want to ask,where I can find some manual, or one piece how to… those tutorials on remote-exploit are so good, but its better for me, when I can read a book when I`m trying something… I found manual but just for auditor, not for backtrack. please answer me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16882",
"author": "jason",
"timestamp": "2006-08-20T01:14:10",
"content": "i have backtrack live. the latest. i cant get past the startx. it takes a very longtime to load. it dont go anywhere.on my p2 it takes like 2-3 minutes to get on the gui but on my 2 week old dell inspiron 6400, it wont go farther then the dragonthing. i logged in and stuff.. i have 1024mb ram. ddr2 duocore 1.6ghz",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16881",
"author": "jason",
"timestamp": "2006-08-21T20:43:55",
"content": "haha.. fixed it!!! in the bios, change the setting so that it reads the duocore as 1 core..intel pro 4950 abg still dont work.. no driver",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16906",
"author": "sinnadyr",
"timestamp": "2007-04-20T01:38:37",
"content": "On my Fujitsu Siemens I have this button to activate my wlan. It works fine in Ubuntu, but not in Auditor. Anyone got a sollution? I tried to set my BIOS to wlan always on, but it doesn’t have that option.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16907",
"author": "Be-Keung",
"timestamp": "2008-01-29T17:00:59",
"content": "I am a Linux thicko and just done the pen-test cert.i can’t even get my PPPoe connection started. Please Help",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16908",
"author": "zero_a",
"timestamp": "2008-04-22T10:12:10",
"content": "hye can help me configure adsl modem , give me complete tutoria please",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119294",
"author": "James James",
"timestamp": "2010-01-24T10:11:54",
"content": "Interesting internet page and useful post. I like music a lot. I have marked it to return later. Imagination is more important than knowledge-Einstein",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "133184",
"author": "mark john",
"timestamp": "2010-03-31T20:54:51",
"content": "okay here is few basic things to get backtrack working:user-name: rootpassword: toorto start the graphical user interface type: startxto enable networking(internet) type:/etc/init.d/networking startTo use backtrack you are better off downloading a virtual machine app to run backtrack instead of using a live cd.Also look at tutorials on youtube of metasploit to see what backtrack can do. Most web sites now are 100% secure and most computers are as well. The new thing now online is phishing. Happy attempting hacking! any1 want to know any more let me know",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,943.501059
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/02/04/pov-pendant/
|
POV Pendant
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Reader [Franz Gabel] purchased a POV kit from ladyada and started modifying it for his own application. He assembled the POV without a PCB so it could fit inside a small metal pipe and attached a leather lanyard. He’s still in the early stages of the project. It is fully assembled, but he’s working on additions like a docking station to recharge and download new messages. He’s also developed a Flash based system for generating new .c files based on text input.
Here is his forum post about his project
(Coral CDN, so ladyada doesn’t break my arm).
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| 11
|
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{
"comment_id": "16880",
"author": "mat",
"timestamp": "2006-02-04T19:34:18",
"content": "super cool have seen alot of these pov projects popping up",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16879",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-02-04T23:12:54",
"content": "Very interesting!Reminds me of my rotating display:http://www.alan-parekh.com/rotating_display.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16877",
"author": "gunforhire",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T04:04:33",
"content": "That’s freakin’ awesome. If you could buy one premade with a dock for recharging and changing the text I’d definitely get one because I lack the skills to build one.Would be really good for night clubs etc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16878",
"author": "Super giraffe",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T04:08:02",
"content": "that’s awesome.Reminds of a project in university where I had to get a single line of leds to display an image and then take a photo of the image by increasing the exposure time of the camera and sweeping across the field of view.I really wanna try this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16876",
"author": "Jean-Baptiste",
"timestamp": "2006-02-10T17:39:26",
"content": "– Jussi",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16875",
"author": "arparp",
"timestamp": "2006-02-12T13:41:04",
"content": "I know that there are many pov-projects going on and I do not claim the invention of “persistence of vision” for me. Not at least I posted the project in ladyadas forum so everybody can see where I got the basicstarttechnics from.The difference to the other projects is the wish to make it availabel for the people that are not able or willing to solder / program and to give it a special use (communicating with unknown people). This will be clear in V.2 with usb- dockingstation to reload the built in li-ion battery and write txt on it very easy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16874",
"author": "arparp",
"timestamp": "2006-02-12T13:41:39",
"content": "I know that there are many pov-projects going on and I do not claim the invention of “persistence of vision” for me. Not at least I posted the project in ladyadas forum so everybody can see where I got the basicstarttechnics from.The difference to the other projects is the wish to make it availabel for the people that are not able or willing to solder / program and to give it a special use (communicating with unknown people). This will be clear in V.2 with usb- dockingstation to reload the built in li-ion battery and write txt on it very easy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16873",
"author": "arparp",
"timestamp": "2006-02-12T13:46:49",
"content": "tink the magic words are: usability, fun and benefit to use for everybody!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16872",
"author": "Rg",
"timestamp": "2006-03-06T06:37:48",
"content": "Posting #5 has a link to a keychain POV that you can spin to create messages in the air. They used an accelerometer to detect the velocity changes and thusly the resultant current velocity. This seems like overkill as increasing spin velocity could stretch a leaf spring. The springs end position could be detected with a variety of cheap methods (capacitance, light reflectivity, magnetic field) to determine velocity.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16871",
"author": "Chia-Sheng Chang",
"timestamp": "2006-06-14T10:28:13",
"content": "Hi,what does POV stands for?cs chang",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52291",
"author": "sban",
"timestamp": "2008-11-25T14:59:03",
"content": "POV = Persistance of vision",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,943.91151
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/02/04/shmoocon-2006-wrap-up/
|
Shmoocon 2006: Wrap-up
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
Well, we’ve come to the end of my
Shmoocon 2006 coverage
. The conference wasn’t all presentations though, there were a lot of other fun activities:
The
Hacker Arcade
featured arcade games that had been modified to generate USB tokens that you could later redeem for prizes. The folks at
757.org modified a skill crane
so that it could be controlled from the web. Of course, toys like this at a hacker convention spawned some creative solutions. David Rhodes scripted the skill crane’s web interface so that it would try every possible coordinate pair and ended up with an armful of prizes. Another attendee discovered that the USB tokens weren’t case sensitive and generated a couple hundred thousand prize tokens.
Hack or Halo was different from your standard tournament. You could take the other team on in either Halo 2 or drag race hacking. From what I heard it’s pretty easy to get up to speed and be competitive, just know your way around a sniffer,
Metasploit
, and an energy sword and you’ll be good to go.
Grey Frequency managed to find all twenty different conference badge outlines needed to make a
fully interlocking set
.
Shmooballs
were handed out to attendees so that they could physically manifest their disagreement with the speaker; speakers were given paddles. During the closing ceremony a
t-shirt cannon
was brought out to help distribute swag.
I’d like to thank
The Shmoo Group
for putting together an excellent conference, the boys from
Midnight Research Labs
for keeping things interesting when I wasn’t in talks, and
atlas
,
RenderMan
,
Jason Scott
,
Abend
and all the other speakers who have stopped by to leave comments on Hack-A-Day.
| 4
| 4
|
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{
"comment_id": "16870",
"author": "gurpal singh",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T11:33:39",
"content": "nice site.have u ever hacked a website ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16869",
"author": "Dr. Gonzo",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T19:37:54",
"content": "dick^^^Where are they holding the next one ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16868",
"author": "aaron",
"timestamp": "2006-02-07T01:12:10",
"content": "Thanks Eliot, =). Keep up the great work on ‘HAD’. See you at the next ‘con, =)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16867",
"author": "renderman",
"timestamp": "2006-02-08T21:32:02",
"content": "Glad to comment and be able to clarify some things. Still sorting out those DNS issues and I swear that the WPA-PSK rainbow tables will be posted soon!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,943.732073
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/02/03/clientserver-door-opener/
|
Client/server Door Opener
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[] |
You can thank reader [Alexandre Novello]’s laziness for generating this hack. Actually, as a self-proclaimed “software guy” he would have never approached this project if it wasn’t for the situation he was in: having to walk across the room to open the door for people, a door which has an electric opener right next to it. He’s got a thorough write-up on how he built the client and server portions of his software in Delphi. He also covers the hardware switch which is attached to the server via parallel port.
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{
"comment_id": "16865",
"author": "Jesse Gunderson",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T20:03:21",
"content": "This just seems about a thousand times more complicated than it should be. Honestly, wouldn’t it be much simpler to have a switch installed behind the button installed to complete the connection (button press) activated by a wireless controller? All the coding and bread board stuff he did seems like a waste of time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16866",
"author": "cdk",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T20:59:44",
"content": "Amen. This could have been accomplished easily with a momentary single-pole switch and some $8 wall warts wired in parallel to the latch relay. Oh, wait… I’m missing the point of doing the hack “because you can.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16863",
"author": "TomTheGeek",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T21:08:35",
"content": "It does seem like it was a little over engineered. I’m not sure why it has to be software based at all except for the fact that he’s a “software guy”. I think a simple wireless doorbell could have been hacked to do the same thing though maybe he didn’t want to buy anything. Even better would have been an IR reciever of some sort so he can just point a remote at the door to open it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16864",
"author": "virus2566",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T22:01:36",
"content": "Normally I would agree with the above, but for one small gem which I discovered when reading his article. He only uses one bit on the parallel port. With a little more coding and some extra wiring, the program could be expanded to control just about anything from a single server. Given a little ambition, and time, you could potentially control your entire house from a control panel on the computer. Commercial solutions like this cost like 150 bucks.Like it was said above, you could add wireless capabilities by simply hooking up Radio recievers to the devices, and have a program that controls your wireless ethernet to send those radio signals.Just my 2",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16862",
"author": "challahc",
"timestamp": "2006-02-04T01:04:22",
"content": "should’ve just constructed a long poking device",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16861",
"author": "amonkey",
"timestamp": "2006-02-04T01:22:09",
"content": "i can’t rtfa cuz it seems to be overloaded,but looking at the circuit i’ve done this exact hack.And yes, virus2566 you can use 8 relays with 0 work, i think you can do 12 with some creativity.i saw it onhttp://www.drivemeinsane.comyears ago(i am in no way related to the site), and i built the circuit/coded a site to be able to turn on and off my christmas tree/train set from my cell. my version of the circuit was a lot smaller than the pic, took about 1.5 inch square for each relay set.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16858",
"author": "Rectifier",
"timestamp": "2006-02-04T03:24:44",
"content": "yes, this sounds like a job for the “finglonger”… ah, if only Professor Farnsworth had invented it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16859",
"author": "rob",
"timestamp": "2006-02-04T07:48:16",
"content": "Looks like the site is down. Is there a mirror anywhere?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16860",
"author": "steelblueskies",
"timestamp": "2006-02-04T12:04:48",
"content": "yeah one bit for one switch. yipee . look up electronicskits and other sites offerring ck1610 or ck1601 google will turn up pdfs with schematics by those names. and they are parallel /serial port relay boards with one bit logic control for each relay,and 8 relays per board. the serial nit has uplink possibilities for more relays but is more involved. the par-port version has just 8 . this is nuthin new at all/ and those sites provide source and software for dos/win to drive it. hells with a basic stamp board and chip one could drive the same just as easily . 16 i/o 8 outp pins for driving the relays and 8 inp pins for triggering a toggle of the outp pin states. for ref the google cache of the parport 8 relay setup is .http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:-waLku4CIcAJ:electronickits.com/kit/complete/elec/ck1601.pdf+parallel+port+relay+board&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2&client=firefox-aand a site selling it as a kit with pictures and drivershttp://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:hQoMSWuRThwJ:electronickits.com/kit/complete/elec/ck1601.htm+parallel+port+relay+board&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=firefox-a(hope those links are ok don’t usually post google cache links heh)anyone else think these are pretty much the same basic scheme?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16857",
"author": "amonkey",
"timestamp": "2006-02-04T21:06:24",
"content": "i can’t rtfa cuz it seems to be overloaded,but looking at the circuit i’ve done this exact hack.And yes, virus2566 you can use 8 relays with 0 work, i think you can do 12 with some creativity.i saw it onhttp://www.drivemeinsane.comyears ago(i am in no way related to the site), and i built the circuit/coded a site to be able to turn on and off my christmas tree/train set from my cell. my version of the circuit was a lot smaller than the pic, took about 1.5 inch square for each relay set.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16856",
"author": "micsaund",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T06:58:30",
"content": "You could also look into building something with an 8255 which interfaces very easily to the parallel port and offer up to 24 outputs. For example, here is a quick search from Google:http://www.phanderson.com/printer/8255disc.html(note that I have not verified his info).Granted, those are not high-current output, but it’s trivial to add a small diver plus the relay.Search for “8255 datasheet” for more info.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16855",
"author": "mulcbone",
"timestamp": "2006-02-06T17:02:37",
"content": "I made a hack like what #3 was talking about. I was too lazy to open the sliding glass door to let my dog in/out all the time. I bought a wireless doorbell from homedepot and hooked it up…needless to say. Using a wheelchair motor and ball-screw assembly to drive the door. Limit switches turn it off on either side and the one-button remote (original doorbell button) serves as open-stop-close control. Now I just need to read up on RFID so I can have the dog let himself out when I lose the remote…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16854",
"author": "Victor",
"timestamp": "2006-02-06T17:03:16",
"content": "What I see as the main advantage of using software is that his engine is client/server based which means that if he forgets his keys at home, for example, his door can still be opened using one of his coleague’s computer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16853",
"author": "lôncio",
"timestamp": "2006-02-06T17:36:17",
"content": "Great initiative!! That what we need: guys who just cannot acept things the way they are!That’s no laziness about that!Good one!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16852",
"author": "travis",
"timestamp": "2006-02-06T19:29:30",
"content": "For Christ sake, get a life!!This so-called “inventor” must be a total fatso with an enormous belly… lasyness for opening a f***ing door? That’s ridiculous.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16851",
"author": "lowery",
"timestamp": "2006-02-06T19:54:41",
"content": "“Here I am, using my legs like a sucker!”-Homer Simpson",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16850",
"author": "Amias",
"timestamp": "2006-02-07T00:48:07",
"content": "I can’t read the article because there is no longer a link . Sounds interesting , i just wonder why he useddelphi , urrgh .",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16849",
"author": "saracu de nazareno",
"timestamp": "2006-02-07T16:23:47",
"content": "i’d like to congratulate novello for this splendid invention! i’m too fat, always on bed, and hate getting up to drink water, take a shower, open the door… one is solved! novello, more solutions, please!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16847",
"author": "lunatic Prophet",
"timestamp": "2006-02-07T17:37:36",
"content": "Congratularions!! This kind of solution should be at the market! I can see a brilliant future for Novello and his tools!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16848",
"author": "monolith",
"timestamp": "2006-02-07T20:04:12",
"content": "Mmmm… yeah. Using a wireless doorbell would have been much easier.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16846",
"author": "magetoo",
"timestamp": "2006-02-08T10:24:32",
"content": "Reminds me of a contraption the engineers and assistants at my university have in their work area. Being electronics / robotics guys they obviously need to have something like a small servo pushing the door-unlock button, wired to some sort of RF remote control.Instead they have a piece of wood that pushes the button when you pull on a string, and small pieces of string hanging down from the ceiling all over the lab. It’s even badly tied together, so the whole “network” moves when you pull on it. I love it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16844",
"author": "Ali",
"timestamp": "2006-04-06T17:43:09",
"content": "hi i am from turkey and i am wonder about such things.can you send me about this project???if u send i will be very happy.and can u send the requirements???please…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16845",
"author": "Mr. Jerry of 1337-ville",
"timestamp": "2006-06-03T20:55:40",
"content": "This would be really handy if you set it to unlock the door on a timer,never need to get out your keys…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,943.828471
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/02/03/shmoocon-2006-cardbus-bus-mastering-0wning-the-laptop/
|
Shmoocon 2006: Cardbus Bus-Mastering: 0wning The Laptop
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
David Hulton (h1kari) talked about the implications of cardbus bus-mastering. It goes pretty much hand-in-hand with
David Maynor’s USB direct memory access
work. The idea is using bus-mastering to take over other PCI devices, download passwords and keys from memory, unlock screensavers, and plant memory-based or firmware-based trojans. So, what kind of device could do all this? David works for
Pico Computing
which is developing cardbus based FPGAs. They’re pretty cool little devices and for dedicated tasks like brute force cracking they’re really efficient. Check out
OpenCiphers
for details on using FPGAs with modern cryptography. Unfortunately h1kari didn’t have a demo, but David Maynor was there to talk about his USB stuff. An interesting tidbit was what USB device he used for his exploration: a
Motorola MPx200
. It was released before the USB 2.0 spec was finalized so the phone was designed to have its USB firmware upgraded, handy for hacking.
| 3
| 3
|
[
{
"comment_id": "16843",
"author": "digitallysick",
"timestamp": "2006-02-04T06:38:26",
"content": "this is to the “first post” guy, that says w00t, well guess what, first post, w00t!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16842",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2006-02-04T07:01:27",
"content": "this is the second post guy who says first post guy sucks because i missed it.AFTA: Quite interesting. It seems the advancements in portability may eventually become security risks. I’m interested to see how far a PCcard can be push like that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16841",
"author": "pacobell",
"timestamp": "2006-03-11T01:51:05",
"content": "@winphreak: If your “afta” blurb was intended as the acronym “atfa”, it is quite funny if you think about it ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,943.868713
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/02/02/usb-interface-for-parallel-lcds/
|
USB Interface For Parallel LCDs
|
Eliot
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
Pontus Frönder
has put together a really simple
USB interface for any LCD
that uses the HD44780 controller. He used a USB chip from FTDI that creates a virtual COM port on the host computer. This is connected to an Atmel ATtiny2313 which controls the LCD. The AVR has two PWM outputs that are used to control the backlight and contrast. If the current draw of the backlight is low enough it can be driven directly from the USB and since it looks like a standard serial display you can talk to it using programs like
LCD Smartie
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "16839",
"author": "Unomi",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T19:19:16",
"content": "I think now some people are getting really happy….– Unomi –",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16840",
"author": "burndup",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T19:21:39",
"content": "uggg, if the driver to that usb-to-serial chip is as bad as the one for my nokia phone data cable (gprs internet) NOBODY is gonna want to install it on a windows box… osx version works great tho, go figure.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16837",
"author": "Jared",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T21:59:34",
"content": "i’ve got a Nokia 3590 that i’d like to play around with, but i can’t figure out how to tell which controller it uses for the LCD – i’ve searched every set of numbers on the circuit. Any ideas?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16838",
"author": "sean s",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T01:20:40",
"content": "FTDI makes pretty decent serial-usb chips. Lots of hobbiests use them, especially when their microcontrollers don’t natively support USB (some of the newer PIC’s do).jared, it seems as if the 3590 and the 3510 are interchangable models where the lcd is concerned. Here is a pinout to the 3510, as well as a datasheet:http://sandiding.tripod.com/ni3510.htmlEpson S1D15G14 LCD Chip…You probably won’t find any code, especially to drive that color LCD, so good luck and have fun hacking away. If you can’t work your way through the pdf, check outhttp://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=569they have code and pictures, which kind of takes the fun out of it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16836",
"author": "xSmurf",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T02:47:59",
"content": "#2 do you know if your cable uses the Prolific chip or the CP2101 from Silicon Labs? I have the CP2101, using it under osx… i wonder which is better as I’m considering buying a few to convert them to regular usb2serial adaptors. Branded ones, like Keyspan’s, are really expensive. This would be a nice alternative if you don’t wanna deal with the ftdi chip, which I believe only comes in surface mount. Then it’s simply a matter of getting a Serial2Parallel uart such as the 6402. I know it’s old and not that easy to get, but it works good and it’s simple as hell. Check here for a few example circuits :http://beyondlogic.org/serial/serial.htmlI’m using a similar circuit to drive a 2×40 VFD and a 4×4 matrix keypad. Using RS232 is perfect for me as the circuit is located about 100~150ft (worth of cat5e) away from the host machine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16835",
"author": "xSmurf",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T03:06:13",
"content": "My bad… that link should have beenhttp://beyondlogic.org/serial/serial.htm(sorry for the double post)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16834",
"author": "Robogeek",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T07:21:41",
"content": "FTDI has a newer chip out the FT245R, as well as the FT232R, Both require almost no external components, just a few decoupling caps, the FT245R is a usb to 8 bit parrallel fifo, very easy to use, all of the FTDI chips have 2 driver options, the VCP (Virtual Com Port) or a DLL based driver that can be used in custom programs.Also to get away from the surface mount both of these 2 chips come as 24-pin dip modules that can be used on a breadboard or perf board.These 2 new chips are natively capable of High speed USB as well if you need it, no external components necessary to add that functionality.I just wrote an entry onhttp://www.blogcadre.comusing the new 232 chip, but plan on using the fifo chip soon in a design.Robogeek.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16833",
"author": "Nocturno",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T08:14:01",
"content": "a user called LWY made a Wireless usb-lcd interface.it’s in dutch i’m afraid.http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/1077972",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16831",
"author": "Ikari",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T11:52:49",
"content": "can VB6 be use? dos some one have the sorce code?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16832",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T12:54:59",
"content": "Nice project. I am thinking of doing something similar. I would use a PIC microcontroller that has native USB 1.1 support. The 16F745 seems to be a good candidate:http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1335&dDocName=en010168",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16830",
"author": "Nextec",
"timestamp": "2006-04-12T08:35:01",
"content": "vb6 should be compatible, but i cant find the source code anywhere either.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16829",
"author": "Fifo",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T22:19:19",
"content": "Does someone has some sample code for using the FT245 Module from FTDI in VB.NET for communicating with a parallel interface (like blinking some leds by using the FT245).Thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,943.436197
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/02/02/shmoocon-2006-voip-wifi-phone-security-analysis/
|
Shmoocon 2006: VoIP WiFi Phone Security Analysis
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
Shawn Merdinger gave a presentation on his personal research project covering the security of VoIP WiFi phones. For his initial investigation he is employing a “level one” methodology. These would be attacks from a low to medium skilled hacker, a hacker’s “first look” at the device: looking for open ports, finding developer left-overs, and misusing features. One thing that was common across all phones is how easily they succumb to DOS attacks. He talked about the issues with several specific phones. Many left open port 17185, which is the VxWorks database debug port. The favorite was the Clipcomm CPW-100E which provides
unauthenticated access to debugging accounts
letting you read call logs and even place calls, turning it into a remote listening device. You can hear Shawn talk about his project on
Blue Box Podcast #13
. Blue Box also has a copy of Shawn’s
detailed slides
. Here’s a list of the new
phone security threats released a Shmoocon
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "16828",
"author": "trevor harris",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T06:12:21",
"content": "dose any one know how to hack past a privacy code on the t-mobile side kick 2. It’s only a 3 digt code. Get back to me [email protected]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16826",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T10:29:37",
"content": "If it’s just numeric it might be easiest to just brute force it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16827",
"author": "Thomas",
"timestamp": "2006-07-08T03:02:43",
"content": "The new Linksys SPA WiFi phones are relatively secure, 17185 was not open on default settings.http://www.voiplink.com/Linksys_WIP300_p/linksys-wip300.htmhttp://www.voiplink.com/Linksys_WIP330_p/linksys-wip330.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,943.772719
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/02/01/shmoocon-2006-anonymos-security-and-privacy-everywhere-you-go/
|
Shmoocon 2006: Anonym.OS: Security And Privacy, Everywhere You Go
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
kaos.theory’s
Anonym.OS
was probably the most widely covered project to come out of this year’s
Shmoocon
. This was spurred by
Wired’s article
which was picked up by
Slashdot
,
Ars
, and
others
. Anonym.OS is a live CD based on OpenBSD 3.8 that provides anonymous internet access and aims to be usable by anyone. On the network it appears as a Windows machine to hide among the majority of internet users. The CD does several things to protect the user, starting with secure operating system. The main component is
Tor
, which we’ve
covered before
, All traffic is sent through Tor and since the disk uses local DNS look-up you don’t have to worry about DNS requests leaking. I really like this project because kaos.theory has done all of the dirty work like setting up really strict packet filter rules and forcing everything through Tor. Of course, I would have liked it even if it was just an OpenBSD live CD that used
Fluxbox
. The only two apps it has now are Firefox and GAIM. They are taking suggestions for what to add in the future and will probably be adding cryptographic filesystem support so that users can save safely. If they added Gimp and a hard drive install script I would be using this at every con I attended.
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{
"comment_id": "16825",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T06:06:17",
"content": "there a firefox extension that will switch proxys that could be included in case you did not want to use the tor network. It would how ever show you out on the net.http://www.roundtwo.com/product/switchproxyyou could use that for downloads to keep from overloading the tor network.Great CD. No traces for when searching some weired things.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16824",
"author": "calvin",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T06:54:22",
"content": "god damnit enough with this shmoocon bullshit. this is not a hack in any way. this site is really letting me down.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16823",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T07:50:02",
"content": "I find the coverage really interesting, and I’m sure some other visitors do too. I’d rather have these con updates than nothing at all, wouldn’t you?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16821",
"author": "mewse",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T08:05:35",
"content": "i enjoy reading about it.making openbsd into a livecd for anonymous internet isn’t a hack?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16822",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T09:02:31",
"content": "really loving the shmoocon coverage. I wish I could have gone.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16820",
"author": "atlas",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T19:27:14",
"content": "Piping in from kaos.theory! We had no idea how popular Anonym.OS would turn out to be. We’ve had a blast though and really appreciate everyone’s excitement and input. The more ideas and suggestions we can get, the better the next release will be.We considered including the option of de-torifying, as with a tool like switchproxy, but decided against it. Since it’s a Live CD and (at least with this iteration) not installed to the hard drive, we figured that we would err on the side of anonymity always and if you wanted to leave tor, you’ve always got the power switch. =)One quick correction; we do have other apps besides Firefox and gAIM. Thunderbird rounds out the graphical side and the command-line tools included cover web browsing, IRC, and mail.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16819",
"author": "Jared",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T21:50:49",
"content": "I downloaded this and tired it the other day, and I couldn’t get the internet to work on it. I tried both the manual and automatic setups of the network. I was using my laptop, and I’m not sure that my wireless card is supported (and that it was even attempting to use it over the wired ethernet port). Makes my CD drive loud too, but a cool idea!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16818",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T23:17:06",
"content": "Yeah, I hadn’t used the CD since receiving my free copy at the conference (thanks!) so I had forgotten about Thunderbird.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16817",
"author": "paxswill",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T00:27:24",
"content": "umm…maybe a stupid question, but what architecture(s) does it run on?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16816",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T01:01:35",
"content": "Not a stupid question. It runs on i386 only as far as I am aware. I don’t believe there are versions for other architectures out yet but don’t quote me on that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16815",
"author": "atlas",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T19:32:37",
"content": "You’re correct, it only runs on i386 natively. However with VirtualPC or QEMU, you can run it on PPC. QEMU has had mixed results (and unfortunately, the vast majority of the mixture is failure) but VirtualPC and VMWare are solid and were the primary test beds.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,943.631384
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/24/playstation-2-serial-port/
|
Playstation 2 Serial Port
|
Eliot
|
[
"Playstation Hacks"
] |
[] |
As odd as it might sound, I never paid attention to the Playstation 2 homebrew scene because I own a
Playstation 2 Linux kit
. The Linux kit hides the hardware behind a software layer while the
PS2Dev
project was an attempt to run code natively on the hardware. So the two projects didn’t really have a lot in common. Of course ignoring that part of the scene means I missed out on this
serial port mod
. The Playstation’s Emotion Engine core has a serial debugging interface and by wiring up a MAX3323EEPE you can watch the processor as it is running. That’s an interesting hidden feature and I hope Sony is a little more supportive of the developer community when the Playstation 3 comes out than they have been lately with the PSP scene.
[thanks fbz via
Pixel
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "16532",
"author": "peter",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T20:24:13",
"content": "I hope that when the Playstation 3 comes out, people remember that Sony was the same company that put rootkits on unsuspecting user’s computers. Apparantly, protecting their intellectual property is more important than keeping your computer secure.Send a message to Sony that their behavior is NOT acceptable.I fear that when the PS3 is released, people are going to say “mmm, donuts…” and flock in droves.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16533",
"author": "joel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T21:16:03",
"content": "wow. this is actually quite old!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16531",
"author": "pro547",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T21:41:17",
"content": "I really never looked into the ps2 scene myself. I think I might just do this little hack because college is getting boring and I need something to keep me entertained. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16529",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T22:17:04",
"content": "I didn’t get the use of this hack (I can see the PS2’s boot messages…wonderful) until down at the bottom where he says that he has written an interface library that is going into the next release of the homebrew PS2 library. So there might just be some use from this yet.I also like his idea of using this as a serial terminal under PS2 Linux (not that I was ever able to get a hold of one of the damn kits).But on the flip side, I have to ask, doesn’t PS2 Linux support serial over USB devices?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16530",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T22:30:40",
"content": "Please remember that Sony Music and Sony Computer Entertainment are too seperate divisions managed by entirely different groups.Sure, they are trying to prevent CD-Piracy by messing with your computer, which COULD damage your PC. What’s the risk of the PS3 damaging anything in your home? No more than an XBOX360 scratching cd’s I mean.. as if that would ever happen…Regarding the article, it’s good to make sure everyone’s up to speed with PS2 dev – but I wouldn’t count on Sony ever supporting homebrew while ever it can be exploited for piracy.Then again, Yaroze was quite the success for PS1 wasn’t it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16526",
"author": "pro547",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T23:01:18",
"content": "does anyone know where to get the linux kits for the ps2?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16527",
"author": "Mattts",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T23:18:31",
"content": "I will be frightened to bring the PS3 into my house. It will probably install cameras eveywhere in my house and search for any warez on my computers when I connect it to a network.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16528",
"author": "Drakonite",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T23:19:03",
"content": "Wow, this is old! What’s next, a hackaday post about the ps2-independence exploit? …For those of you that don’t know why this is good and what is going on with the PS2… Almost all I/O on the PS2 (USB, ethernet, firewire, controllers, even filesystem access) has to go through a secondary processor, dubbed the IOP. This can be a major PITA when trying to debug, as there are problems that can arise and situations that can be encountered when communication with/via the IOP isn’t possible.The beauty of the ee-sio cable is that it connects directly to the EE (the PS2’s main core), which means it’s always available, and it’s easy to access.Along with the basic printing debug messages over sio (which has been in ps2sdk for a long time now…) it’s possible dump memory, send files, set breakpoints, and all sorts of other nifty things.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "110481",
"author": "ps3 repair guide",
"timestamp": "2009-12-05T03:15:09",
"content": "Repair your PS3 in just a few minutes! Detailed ps3 repair guide with pictures and e-mail support.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "110545",
"author": "Jchalo99",
"timestamp": "2009-12-05T17:49:40",
"content": "Just wondering if anyone can please tell me how to make full advantage of this hack.i would like to be-able to tell my ps2 to get an .ISO or a different format game and run it without having to bog down my computers possessor.if you can direct me where to go to find example code to complete this task that would be helpful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/23/full-motion-video-on-an-8088/
|
Full Motion Video On An 8088
|
Eliot
|
[
"computer hacks"
] |
[] |
Trixter pulled off this
awesome hack
, proving that the
demoscene
is alive and well. It started as a silly joke “well, I can display video on my XT!” , but Trixter thought about it and came up with a way to do it on his Model 5150. The production needs 10MB of disk space, a Soundblaster Pro, a CGA card and monitor. Trixter notes at the end of the page that he’s had to use text mode to get 16 colors out of the CGA instead of the standard 4. Check out the video of the XT being pushed to its limits at his site. (
video on Google Video
)
[thanks
ex-parrot
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "16524",
"author": "joel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T19:35:46",
"content": "interesting.. quite good mod",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16525",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T19:49:28",
"content": "“Very First PC”??I doubt that as that is a big claim! I have an old ‘AT’ model at home. I thought that came before XT. Or how bout the first Mac. Or ATARI. I’ll stop now.Ah well, Very nice by the way. I thought that the XT my aunt gave me was only good for Frameworks II (2).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16523",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T19:53:35",
"content": "OH THE SERVERS HURTING!!That video is gonna kill is server so be nice and use the mirror.http://www.oldskool.org.nyud.net:8090/pc/8088_Corruption",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16519",
"author": "Unchain",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T20:35:33",
"content": "incredible! great demo, the scene is alive and tickin’.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16520",
"author": "thenobot",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T20:36:51",
"content": "hal — the AT came after the XT.PC (8086) -> XT (8088) -> AT (80286)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16521",
"author": "kedge",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T20:38:15",
"content": "hal hockersmith: The XT came first, which was the 8088. AT’s were 80286 machines, which came later.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16522",
"author": "IMWeasel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T20:40:03",
"content": "Hal:The XT came before the AT. Macs were after the XT as well.But your right that there were other “PCs” before the XT, like the Apple II, etc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16518",
"author": "cmonkey",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T20:42:04",
"content": "Hal, the last sentance of the summary is wrong. The PC in the video is the IBM 5150, the first in the line of “IBM PC Compatibles”, what the letters PC typically represent.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16517",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T20:54:41",
"content": "Yeah, “very first PC” is a bit of a strech, but the IBM PC and IBM PC XT (both 8088 CPU) did indeed come before the IBM PC AT (80286 CPU).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16508",
"author": "ihate56k",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T20:57:41",
"content": "if they can do it on the amstrad CPC (http://arkos.cpcscene.com/), it’s not surprising it can be done on the xt…shame the server is down, I want to see the vid!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16509",
"author": "IMWeasel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T21:00:54",
"content": "He claims to have “the original PC” and claims it is a model 5150 (which is the original). If that is the case he is still “cheating” quite a bit with many upgrades. The original 5150 didn’t have any hard drive. It didn’t have CGA graphics, it had monochrome text graphics only. It also had a single one sided floppy drive as storage, with something like 180k of space. And it had only 16kB of memory (not MB). And at that time Creative Labs and the Soundblaster card line wasn’t even a concept. PCs were content with just making beeping noises from their internal speakers for many years before “real” sound cards were invented.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16510",
"author": "markyb",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T22:21:27",
"content": "your talking about the original pcs that had 16k and monochrome.. the xt had color and 64k .. thats what competed with the c64 for crying out loud! the only one still with 16k at that point was tandy",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16511",
"author": "spanky deluxe",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T22:34:32",
"content": "That’s one of the coolest and most impressive hacks I’ve ever seen. If only there could be a downloadable video with a much higher resolution, I really want to see it at a decent quality. Maybe it’d be possible somehow to pipe the screen output straight into a tv card of a modern PC and record a screen capture that way? I don’t know how the screen gets rendered on that but it could well be similar to old tvs in which case stealing a signal shouldn’t be too hard.Spanky",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16512",
"author": "TheCheeta",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T22:43:32",
"content": "Heh… I love the cat meows at the end.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16513",
"author": "tj",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T23:15:43",
"content": "Hmm Commodore 64 which i owned in 1982 did full motion video and audio striaght out of the box.XT – 1983Maybe one of the first IBM’s but not the first personal computer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16514",
"author": "OlivierB",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T00:12:35",
"content": "Video Google is down for this file :-(Ay care to post a mirror o something better? (i.e. youtube.com)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16515",
"author": "orwell84",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T00:25:41",
"content": "An exercise in displaying full-motion video on the first IBM PC….first IBM pc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16516",
"author": "[kj]",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T01:23:48",
"content": "here’s a link…it’s what cacheout (the firefox extension) gave me.http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:Rc3y79GMvDwJ:www.oldskool.org/pc/8088_Corruption+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8hope it works for you",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16507",
"author": "IMWeasel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T02:01:02",
"content": "Markyb said “your talking about the original pcs that had 16k and monochrome.. the xt had color and 64k ..”I believe you are right. Which means he doesn’t have the original model 5150 like it says on the page. The 5150 WAS the original with 16k and monochrome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16505",
"author": "smilr",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T02:46:07",
"content": "Actually its the other way round – he started the discussion with “could this be made to work on the Xt?” then went ahead and made it work on the even OLDEr 5150.True, its a 5150 with a cga graphics card, soundblaster audio card and a hard drive added onto the stock configuration, but still at the heart is a 5150.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16506",
"author": "The Steven",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T05:16:12",
"content": "I knew there was a reason I was keeping that Tandy 1000 in the closet!BTW, Spinrite can be used to change the interleave of the HD, and if you have a fast enough controler and drive you can get to an interleave of 1:1BTW #2… There was a Western Digital RLL controller that would take a Seagate MFM 20Mb drive 32Mb!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16504",
"author": "gehang",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T05:55:33",
"content": "Ya but can he put porn on it? J/K",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16503",
"author": "xorvious",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T06:02:53",
"content": "If I recall, some of that video and possibly audio are lifted from “9 Fingers” by Spaceballs, an old amiga 500 demo. And that full motion video on the amiga ran from floppy disk! There was never anything quite like the amiga modding scene…(nothing against the current demo scene, but some of that stuff on the amiga WAS the birth of “multimedia”)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16502",
"author": "break",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T15:01:16",
"content": "xorvious: In 9 Fingers (and its predecessor State of the Art) it wasn’t actual full motion video, but converted into a precalculated vector animation “streamed” from the disks. Floppy-packed FMV did appear in A500 demos like 242 by Virtual Dreams though, in all its blocky fullscreen glory. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16501",
"author": "jason scott",
"timestamp": "2006-01-25T20:23:02",
"content": "That would be a big no on the video and audio being lifted from 9 fingers. Here’s the original 9 fingers, on video:http://scene.org/file_dl.php?url=ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/mirrors/amidemos/9fingers.zip&id=211266Among other things, 8088 Corruption has full-color and constant motion (9 fingers has to bow out to those chinese characters every once in a while to get back into sync).The principles are the same, of course, Trixter never denied that. And there is no doubt that this would be harder to do years ago, than where he had to spend significant time ENCODING the video (that’s where the hard work is, writing that part of it) so that the PC can do it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16500",
"author": "Fortyseven",
"timestamp": "2006-01-26T04:08:11",
"content": "Nice, but as others have mentioned it’s not really amazing. Using ‘ANSI’ style colored text as a low-rent graphics mode is hardly a breakthrough, and it’s not really a shock to get music from — ahem — a Soundblaster Pro. If this was an MDA instead of CGA display (perhaps taking advantage of an original green screen with the terribly slow phosphor decay rate…?), with PC speaker hacked sound (also not a huge feat, but would add more cred to this hack), I’d be a little less harsh.It’s not awful or anything, mind you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16499",
"author": "8088_4_ever",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T00:20:50",
"content": "one thing I don’t see is how he got the DMA sound working. I had a Comodore Colt 8088 and a sound blaster 2 .0 and spent ages trying to get it to work, but all I managed to get was the adlib synthesiser support, never managed to get PCM output/input running. Unless it was just the bath of cards I had or the drivers creative released at the time. I gave up in the end and upgraded to a 286 (386, 486…) and it worked fine in all of them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/22/bluetooth-playstation-controller-for-axim-pda/
|
Bluetooth Playstation Controller For Axim PDA
|
Eliot
|
[
"handhelds hacks"
] |
[] |
Reader [Jakeh] wanted a Bluetooth based game controller for his Axim. Unfortunately, the only
commercial option
didn’t fit very well. He decided to chop up the Bluetooth controller and wire it into an original Playstation controller. Wiring was slightly annoying because half the buttons in the Bluetooth controller don’t have a common ground. The final touch was modifying two mechanical pencils to provide clamping pressure on the outside of the PDA. Here’s [Jakeh]’s
original post about the project
and
his Flickr photo set
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "16498",
"author": "m00n3r",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T08:58:50",
"content": "that original bluetooth controller is really ugly and looks uncomfortable. the modded version is very impressive",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16497",
"author": "Brandon Mongillo",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T09:28:32",
"content": "first",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16496",
"author": "Ray",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T09:28:44",
"content": "Wow, that is damn cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16495",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T09:34:42",
"content": "Oh man that is slick.I can remember playing on my iPaq 3650 with an NES emulator and having to tap the screen for run and jump. This takes gaming on a pda to a whole new level. The fold up commercial was just a cheap knock off of a PS2 contoller. This is what it should have been all along.BTW. Props on the adjustable size.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16494",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T09:41:58",
"content": "Dear Brandon Mongillo and all commenters,If you have nothing better to say then “first” (et all) then please refrain from commenting. It is nice that you stay up that late and see that yes there is a new Hack-A-Day.And yes, you are the first one to post. But please say something creative other then first post.In that case we should all say what post we arebut the system does that for us (see the upper left corner of the comment)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16493",
"author": "tamzarian",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T09:57:13",
"content": "Nice project! Very cool indeed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16491",
"author": "cmonkey",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T10:55:04",
"content": "hal, I remember the good ol’ days with emulation on a 3650. I actually ended up getting a gamepad (wired, of course) shipped from Japan so I could play NES and SNES games decently.Coincidently, I now also have an Axim x50v. I’m content with using my Bluetooth keyboard though, as I don’t have the money to buy a Bluetooth gamepad to hack up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16492",
"author": "DrPepper",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T11:20:43",
"content": "In your face Ben Heck! jk, the clips make all the difference as far as the final looks of the project goes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16487",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T13:24:27",
"content": "Awesome project, gaming on PDA has always been a pain in the ass.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16488",
"author": "Jakeh",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T21:53:34",
"content": "Wow, thanks everybody! Even a comparison to the man, ben heck–i don’t know what to say!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16489",
"author": "challahc",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T03:31:13",
"content": "usher looks impressed",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16490",
"author": "Jakeh",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T21:01:01",
"content": "Lol, he certainly does… I bet he’s a real nut for PDA console emulation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16486",
"author": "triton",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T10:45:34",
"content": "uhm.. yay? its cool an all but not really that impressive. just a casemod. plus it doesnt help the people that cant afford that stupid controller to begin with (70$ wtf) if he had built a bluetooth controller from scratch i would be more impressed. but i will admit it looks A HELL OF A LOT bet than the original. good job",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16485",
"author": "fyatwyrio",
"timestamp": "2006-04-07T16:22:14",
"content": "Its only 38 bucks here:http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BT-GAMEPAD-WHT&cat=NETThe original pad is good, not great. I use it a lot and its definatly better than my phones keypad for most games. Unfortunately the placement of the shoulder buttons makes them worthless and the D-pad is a little loose/flimsy for me. It fits my Nokia 6630 very well but I might have to try this mod for the other issues.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,944.106424
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/21/motorized-projector-screen/
|
Motorized Projector Screen
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[] |
[Brad O’Connor] has completed his
motorized projector screen
that we mentioned last month while covering his
Lumenlab projector build
. The screen is driven by a windshield washer motor using the low speed connection. The 126″ screen is supported by a copper pipe and is attached using Velcro. Brad says the wrinkles aren’t visible during playback, but he plans on adding more weight to remove them. He’s also planning on wireless control in the future.
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{
"comment_id": "16483",
"author": "joelanders",
"timestamp": "2006-01-21T21:15:32",
"content": "From the site:Screen material: $35.00 LumenlabBlack Material: $25.00 fabric shopFlock Tape: Free DonationMotor: $19.00 MPJADPDT Switch: $2.00 MPJAWood: $12.00 MenardsCopper pipe: $10.00 Home DepoCopper fittings: $2.00 Home DepoConduit weight: $4.00 Home DepoWiring: Free My GarageVelcro: $14.00 FastenalHardware: $3.00 FastenalTotal: $126.00—That is awesome. 126″ = 10.5′ Wow. He did it cheaply too which is very important.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16484",
"author": "jimmy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-21T21:55:41",
"content": "Hey brad, it’s time to take down your christmas tree :-D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16482",
"author": "Robert m.",
"timestamp": "2006-01-21T22:14:28",
"content": "I’m also selling one currently on ebay. It’s the read deal, not motorized or home-made. Ebay Item ID: 5856372292",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16481",
"author": "Spherical monkey",
"timestamp": "2006-01-21T22:26:39",
"content": "Nice project, but I feel the need to point out two grammatical errors. 1. What is being done with the switches is “polarity reversal”, not “phase reversal”. AC has phase. DC has polarity. 2. It is Home Depot, not Home Depo. Depo (Prevara) is an injection for birth control. A depot is a railroad or bus station, or a warehouse. Yeah I know… I’m being a pain with grammar, but language is the tool we build with and this is actually a nifty project worthy of a good write up :) I’m vaguely freaked out by the choice of motor and switch… I didn’t know they even made that particular big toggle switch with the big red and black ON OFF ON plate anymore. I used the same switched 20 years ago when attempting to build my first robot. I used windshield wiper motors to drive it. I wonder what my parents would say if I popped by their place and wanted the remains of my old robot thats been hanging in their store room for two decades… I guess I’ll find out. K9 must live again!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16480",
"author": "Brad O'Connor",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T02:48:43",
"content": "Spherical monkey, you will notice that that wiring diagram is from another source, and in that instance it was used in an electric guitar phase reversal. I just neglected to say that it was polarity. And I guess I never noticed the home depot thing. I work for Fastenal, so what do I care if I spelt it wrong ;) Also I choose that style switch because it fit with the look and feel of my projector. I liked the “old” AV look.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16479",
"author": "DR cross",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T02:56:55",
"content": "Cool project brad, the only suggestion I could make is to put limit switches on the screen so the motor stops automatically instead of waiting by the switch to stop it yourself. some of those light sensitive sensors might do the trick, when the bottom of the screen passes by one it cuts the light and so the screeen stops.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16478",
"author": "Ethan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T04:38:51",
"content": "Wouldn’t adding more weight *increase* the severity of the wrinkles? What causes them, I suspect, is the uneven amount of tension across the horizontal span of the screen, which is in turn caused by the sides of the screen not being evenly cut/framed. The only way to remove them would be to recut/reframe the screen material to more exacting (i.e. straight and right) dimensions, while weighting the outside corners slightly more than the center.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16477",
"author": "flaunt_dzx",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T06:10:49",
"content": "Brad: Fastenal eh? Know Todd T.?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16476",
"author": "Brad O'Connor",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T06:10:51",
"content": "I thought about a limit switch, but the aspect ratio can vary a lot between my games, dvds, and HDTV. So I figured it would be best to just manually adjust right now. Maybe I can set it up with 3 different settings or something. If you guys missed it there is a video. I repdated my site with some “corrections” and I forgot I never saved it after I made the bigger video link. So look at the upper left. “screen in action”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16475",
"author": "jaded",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T07:42:24",
"content": "Actually, the limit switch might be easy to implement if you can somehow use the “parking sensor” inputs to shut down the motor.Have you ever examined how old garage door openers used to build their limit switches? It’s really neat, actually. They connect a long piece of threaded rod to the shaft assembly that operates the drive sprocket. They then mount switches near both ends of the threaded rod, and put a captive travelling nut on the threaded rod itself. As the motor spins, it screws (or unscrews) the captive nut along the shaft. When the nut hits the switch, the door shuts off.That may be overkill, of course. Dr. Cross’ sugestion is much simpler.A limit switch doesn’t imply that you can or can’t stop the screen travel anywhere in between. It just prevents the motor from spinning so far that it damages your equipment.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16474",
"author": "Brad O'Connor",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T10:53:27",
"content": "flaunt_dzx, where is this todd t. from? and what does he do? I am a sales rep in the madison area, and I went to school at winona state.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16473",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T11:59:09",
"content": "well brad, if you want a few different aspect ratios, why not get a microcontroller and use some IR proximity sensors on your wall, push a button for “game” and it lowers the screen to the right size for games, “movies” for movies, etc.click my name for the sparkfun.com ir proximity sensors.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16472",
"author": "flaunt_dzx",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T19:41:13",
"content": "Brad, he was the E-Business manager at Fastenal up until last year. The corporate office is in Winona, so I thought you had worked there.Just thought I’d ask.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16470",
"author": "Johannes",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T12:40:07",
"content": "You might want to have a look at Carsten Heuer’s project using two old scanners to integrate a motorized projector screen into his shelf unit (see URL under ma name). Sorry, the descripion is in german, but the pictures at the bottom should be clear enough.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16471",
"author": "max",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T11:11:45",
"content": "Wrinkles are not visible during playback? i think someone needs a pair of fresh glases, not to spoil the fun but watching a movie on a surface thats not very flat is like watching the waters surface with small waves on it and saying the image is not distorted. Theres a reason for why the screens that have a frame are insane expensive.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16469",
"author": "lechon",
"timestamp": "2006-01-25T19:08:24",
"content": "I have to agree with max, those wrinkles have got to be distracting. Especially on dark scenes. We’re currently working on a HT setup using a 100″ screen that has some slight wrinkles, it’s driving us up the wall. The wrinkle is not that bad, but it’s enough that we can see it…especially on scenes that pan. Anyone know the best way to remove wrinkles from a Dalite glass bead pull down screen?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16468",
"author": "Ovidiu predescu",
"timestamp": "2006-01-26T05:23:00",
"content": "I built a remote controlled projection screen a while ago. It’s slightly more complicated as I couldn’t hang the screen from the ceiling, so I had to put it on top of a cabinet.Here is a link to my blog entry describing the project:http://www.webweavertech.com/ovidiu/weblog/archives/000429.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16467",
"author": "singh_probin",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T02:01:53",
"content": "Hey Brad, its Probin here. I just gone through your project and found it very interesting to be implemented, but the problem is that I can not figure out the various components and their connections clearly. So, if you can provide me with detailed information regarding this project then it will be a great help for me. You can mail me [email protected]’ll be waiting for your responce. Thanks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16466",
"author": "los",
"timestamp": "2006-07-20T22:20:05",
"content": "Does anyone have the pictures and instructions for this? The links are dead.Thanks!los",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "64124",
"author": "Warkani",
"timestamp": "2009-02-23T22:52:14",
"content": "Hi!!!please i seem to have a problem viewing the whole thing. if possible, pls send it to mymail…[email protected]. thanks… Warkani",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122531",
"author": "Ran Out Of Ideas For Woodworking Plans",
"timestamp": "2010-02-08T02:40:10",
"content": "This encounter the teachers provide towards the student could be invaluable. You’ll come across it not possible to learn woodworking without any awareness along with expertise which experts claim you may make from your woodworking teacher.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "167045",
"author": "joey",
"timestamp": "2010-08-09T12:36:01",
"content": "hey, it would be a big help if u can hook me up with the circuit diagram. i cant seem to find it anywhere. you can mail me [email protected]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,944.053752
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/20/e-reader-for-nintendo-ds/
|
E-Reader For Nintendo DS
|
Eliot
|
[
"Nintendo DS Hacks",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] |
[] |
7
The
e-Reader
is an add-on product for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. It has a simple optical card swipe for loading programs off of specially encoded cards. The location of the link port adapter keeps the device from being used with the Nintendo DS. Reader [Caitsith2] has posted instructions for
modifying the reader for use with the DS
. If you don’t plan on using it with your GBA you can pull the entire board. Once you’ve got the e-Reader switched you can do fun stuff like printing out your own
homebrew e-Reader cards
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "16465",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2006-01-20T19:12:17",
"content": "i wasn’t aware of e-reader homebrew, but seeing it and the mod to make it fit my ds makes me want to start modding",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16460",
"author": "Caitsith2",
"timestamp": "2006-01-20T21:45:43",
"content": "Don’t forget that there is also homebrew dotcodes available athttp://www.caitsith2.com/ereader/index.htmunder the save section.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16461",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2006-01-21T04:44:31",
"content": "Sweet hack!! I always wanted to try this but I only have a DS; e-Readers are really cheap used at GameStop, so I may well try this out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16462",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-01-21T05:00:01",
"content": "Interesting, I was pretty sure this was 2006, not 2004.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16463",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2006-01-21T08:40:21",
"content": "that ‘7’ near the upper lefthand corner of the picture is really taunting me…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16464",
"author": "Caitsith2",
"timestamp": "2006-01-21T12:25:24",
"content": "danadamkof: The nintendo ds is completely compatible with gba related things, since the gba archetecture is built into the ds cpu. the only thing not included in the ds cpu is the gbc/dmg cpus. (would have costed more to maintain full backwards compatibility.)The original japanese ereader, which doesn’t have the link port, is the only one that needs no modification whatsoever to work with the nintendo ds system. The japanese ereader plus is just a port of the us ereader, and as such, has the same link port passthrough, and as a result, needs to be modified for ds use.In the absolute worst case, where you don’t have any means whatsoever to open your ereader, and you don’t mind not being able to use the link port connection on the original gba (the kind that needed an afterburner kit to have decent lighting), you can just cut/grind the link port connector off altogether, as it is just a passthrough.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16453",
"author": "Mr dan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-21T12:36:14",
"content": "Is there any way to connect a DS to a GBA(SP) in order to play multiplayer games (GBA ones)?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16454",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T03:09:56",
"content": "Oh, I know full well that GBA stuff works on the DS, but I had just plain accepted that I’d never be use an e-Reader on it. Not any more!In fact, I was playing some king of fighters EX 2 on my DS earlier today (living up to my screen name I guess :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16455",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T03:11:29",
"content": "Looking at my first comment, I can see that I did word it a bit confusingly. My bad.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16456",
"author": "uplink12",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T21:15:56",
"content": "Amz!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16457",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2006-03-02T03:39:24",
"content": "I would take my e-reader apart to put it in my ds, but I still might use it to get those things for mario 3. The link probably won’t work anymore if I did that, so I’m just going to use it in my gba player or gba.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16458",
"author": "swimgod",
"timestamp": "2006-03-26T11:45:55",
"content": "hey,i was the first one to think of this hack :Pbut i had a better way,you can remove the port extender with a screw driver, so your E-reader doesn’t get messed up at all :Danyway glad to see someone else realize this works ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16459",
"author": "Celia Finsel",
"timestamp": "2006-07-02T17:20:05",
"content": "There’s another simpler hack for this that requires less disassembly of the e-reader. Because the port extender is just a *little* too long to allow the e-reader to fit in the DS, you can take off the back cover to the unit, leave the optical assembly attached but gently flip up its circuit board and remove the two screws holding the port extension. You don’t really need to do anything more. Leave the port assembly in, put the optical card back down, and put the back on again and the port assembly will slide back just enough to let the e-reader work in the DS just fine. Just did it with my son’s unit, works like a charm, took about 2 minutes, tops. No power tools needed, less mucking about with the innards, and all essential parts still in place.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16451",
"author": "fat cat",
"timestamp": "2006-07-20T04:47:12",
"content": "I tried it out and It’s awsome. It’s graphics are a lot better on DS And I don’t know why.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16452",
"author": "theceng",
"timestamp": "2006-07-28T14:04:35",
"content": "i was just wondering how to connect the e-reader between 2 GBA’s. I tried but i couldn’t figure out how to connect it to the pokemon ruby/sapphire versions in order to scan pokemon from cards onto the e-reader and then transfer it to the pokemon game. If anyone knows how to do this please email [email protected]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "42658",
"author": "nupanick",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T21:30:50",
"content": "I can’t get the custom cards to work, I printed them onto index cards at maximum resolution after shrinking them with firefly’s program. I’m not sure if it’s related, but I compared it to an actual e-reader card and I think it’s a little bit too big at 1200 dpi… does anyone know how to stop getting “read error” every time? Or have a PDF of the cards at the right size?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,944.577217
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/19/walk-your-robot-dog-with-lego/
|
Walk Your Robot Dog With LEGO
|
Eliot
|
[
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[] |
Since he spends way too much time programming robots, Pavel Petrovic, felt he should
delegate the task of walking his robot dog
… to his other robot. No, that isn’t the real story, but there isn’t a lot of justification for the project besides it being a neat trick. LEGO IR tower support for
WowWee
bots had already been developed, but Pavel decided to try controlling the bots using the LEGO RCX.
BrickOS
provides direct control of the RCX’s IR port. Pavel’s program lets the simple LEGO bot issues commands to the RoboPet to lead it around the room. It works, but isn’t too reliable because there is no way for the RCX to determine the absolute position of the dog. Have a look at Pavel’s site to see videos of it in action.
[thanks
Robert Oschler
]
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| 4
|
[
{
"comment_id": "16449",
"author": "compuforums - friendly computer forums",
"timestamp": "2006-01-19T19:24:32",
"content": "That’d save having to walk those damn robodogs. They make a noise every two minutes if you dare ignore them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16450",
"author": "Justin",
"timestamp": "2006-01-19T23:50:17",
"content": "If you use a Lego spybotic module instead of an RCX, there is hardware designed to help obtain the position of the IR signal. The Spybotics are also cheaper than mindstorms sets, but only have two sensors and two motors (though the processor seems to be more powerful)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16448",
"author": "toxic ice",
"timestamp": "2006-01-20T01:37:11",
"content": "I really, really have to get back to using lego again. Thanks for the post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16447",
"author": "robert oschler",
"timestamp": "2006-01-26T17:13:43",
"content": "Actually there is a very good use for this hack. Direct control of a WowWee robot with a Lego tower is only possible with the older Lego Serial Tower, since it is driven by an RS-232 port. The USB Tower won’t work since you can’t alter its transmission pattern to emulate the consumer IR signal the WowWee robots need (as far as I know).With this new hack by Pavel, you could use the RCX to be a “relay station” for the USB tower; a repeater that transmits the desired IR signal to the WowWee robot. This allows Mindstorms 2.0 owners that have USB towers, to control their WowWee robots (and other consumer IR based robots and devices), from their USB serial tower. Note, it does require that the RCX unit run the BrickOS O/S.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,944.663546
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/18/ipod-integration-for-factory-radios/
|
IPod Integration For Factory Radios
|
Eliot
|
[
"ipod hacks"
] |
[] |
Most factory radios in cars don’t include a line in. alfaGato decided he wanted to integrate an iPod into his system, but wanted to maintain the factory functions. His Saab 9-3 came with GM’s OnStar system (not activated) which he thought would make a decent in road into the radio. His instructions should work for most radios with a factory cellphone integration option. He opened the radio and cut the traces for the phone input to get separate left and right channels. These were wired to the external CD changer input. He didn’t have the factory changer and the phone input also had amplification on the line that would interfere with the iPod. He designed a circuit with two possible inputs: iPod connector or AUX. The circuit is designed to mute the inputs if OnStar is activated. The circuitry is contained within a Saab factory phone mount with an iPod holder attached to it. Check out alfaGato’s
blog dedicated to the project
and our previous
auxiliary input projects
.
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| 14
|
[
{
"comment_id": "16444",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T19:11:15",
"content": "I did this over a year ago. But I connected the line level output directly to where the cd fed into the amp, so that if I wasnt playing a cd, i could use the ipod(maily, because I dont like external switches) anyway, I never took pics or wrote about it because something simliar was on engadget or hackday before.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16445",
"author": "John Bognet",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T22:44:33",
"content": "Or you can do it the easy way with one of these modulators which can be easily integrated into the dash, runs crystal clear into any radio headunit (hardwired) , cancels out all interference, and can be turned on and off with the push of a button- email me for pics-(hardwired into a wire that pigybacks off of the stock fm antenna input)http://www.crutchfield.com/S-vxPhXi4Kqst/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?search=modulator&i=142FMMOD01",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16446",
"author": "John Bognet",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T22:46:02",
"content": "my email [email protected]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16442",
"author": "IMWeasel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-19T04:04:01",
"content": "I’ve never heard an FM modulator that sounded nearly as good as a direct line input connection from a CD player. Maybe it is because FM just doesn’t have the frequency response. Although as my age continues to advance I might not be able to hear that difference as much.I’ve thought about trying to reverse engineer the changer inputs to the factory in dash CD player in my 2001 Ford Explorer so that I can trick it into thinking that there is a changer present. This should allow me to use the line inputs for whatever I want. A bonus would be to figure out how the dash unit sends signals back to the changer so that I could use those signals to control whatever I plug into the line inputs, like an iPod or a car PC.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16443",
"author": "zeropanic",
"timestamp": "2006-01-19T06:25:06",
"content": "I wonder how easy/difficult other cars would be.. I know in some Mercedes this wouldn’t be possible because the cd changer is connected fiber back to the head unit (only reason I know is because I once tried to find a cheaper unit for a friend of mine rather than have her shell out the 1000 bucks the dealer wanted, needless to say they didn’t exist at the time I looked) Anyone want to make one for a VW with the Monsoon deck? :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16441",
"author": "tuckie",
"timestamp": "2006-01-19T06:51:25",
"content": "If you look around the mp3car.com forums, there was a lot of work being done in order to get a line in on the monsoon deck; you might want to take a look there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16440",
"author": "TJ",
"timestamp": "2006-01-19T07:01:31",
"content": "He went through a lot of work trying to detect when the iPod was active, and in the end just went with a switch because he couldn’t figure out a way to do it from the dock connector, but (unless I missed it) it seems he overlooked what I would think would be the easiest method, testing the audio out from the ipod for a signal.If there is a signal, sound is being made, no signal, no sound. Of course, then it would cut back to the radio when you muted the ipod.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16438",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-01-19T09:09:35",
"content": "the problwm with looking at the audio output from the ipod would be that whenever you get to a quiet part in the song/between songs it would switch back…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16439",
"author": "Marc",
"timestamp": "2006-01-19T09:11:03",
"content": "actualy, it’s easier than detecting audio. simply detect current consumption with a very small resistor across the positive supply line. use the voltage drop across the resistor and a transistor to boost this to a usable digital signal and you could drive anything you want when there’s something pluged in.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16437",
"author": "fred",
"timestamp": "2006-01-19T09:50:44",
"content": "Bah, check out the VWCDPIC project for jacking into the CD changer plug on Volkswagen cars. You can even remote control your iPod straight from the car radio controls or (if equipped) steering wheel controls.http://www.k9spud.com/vwcdpic/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16436",
"author": "John Bognet",
"timestamp": "2006-01-19T10:37:03",
"content": "the fm mod sounds great b/c it actually CUTS out all other signals, when you muteq the ipod, you hear nothing, and NONE of the radio stations work-BUT— if you desire radio, just switch off the mod and it no longer cancels out radio, and all your stations are easily accessed-Im telling you this is the easiest way to do it, on ANY car– AND for 4 bucks you can buy a gold plated female-female coupler and mount it in your dash- then with a male male plug you can connect any device, or unplug it and just have a nice clean jack outlet on your dash that any device can plug into-",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16434",
"author": "Quantis",
"timestamp": "2006-01-20T00:16:00",
"content": "I have a new deck that I put into my car but it did not have a line in as it was made a bit before the ipod revolution. Instead I went and ordered a cable that converts the CD changer to RCA inputs. To this I attached a RCA to mini plug and put that into the back of the Ipod dock. The Dock was then mounted to my dash.And Voila. My deck even has the option to change the CD changer name on the screen to say “Portable”– Quantis",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16435",
"author": "clint",
"timestamp": "2006-02-13T06:37:17",
"content": "hacking a stock HU of a 2004 civic LX. has anyone come up w/ the pin layout for the aux input? TIA.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16433",
"author": "Paul allen",
"timestamp": "2006-07-17T02:33:40",
"content": "Here’s my version of hacking into the radio on the 2005 Subaru Legacy GT.http://www.legacygt.com/forums/interior-audio/2936-ipod-direct-connection-successful.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,944.623042
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/17/cellphone-controlled-door-opener/
|
Cellphone Controlled Door Opener
|
Eliot
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks"
] |
[] |
Looking for a way to demonstrate his
AutoIt
script that allows Windows control using a cellphone, zerocool60544 put together this
automatic door opener/closer
. It uses two water bottles as counterweights and two LEGO motors to drive the door. The motor control is a parallel port connected relay board. It’s a pretty simple demo, but I’ll definitely be looking into AutoIt in the future.
[thanks emdy]
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[
{
"comment_id": "16430",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T19:10:38",
"content": "Looks interesting got the beginnings of a cool Rube Goldberg machine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16431",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T19:15:11",
"content": "Looks interesting got the beginnings of a cool Rube Goldberg machine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16432",
"author": "TomTheGeek",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T20:09:17",
"content": "AutoIt is definitley something anyone having to manage computers should look into, it’s a really cool language. I found it when I was looking for a secure and reliable way of running a program as administrator but I have used it for so much more.The best part about it is the compiler that comes with it. You can take any script you’ve written and compile it into an executable very easily.Be sure to check out the forums, you can get the beta version there and the “scripts and scraps” section has tons of great code in it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16429",
"author": "tamzarian",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T00:38:04",
"content": "That is SWEET. I have gotta try that sometime.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16428",
"author": "tamzarian",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T00:40:32",
"content": "That is SWEET. I have gotta try that sometime.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16427",
"author": "knucklehead",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T01:29:43",
"content": "I have the serial port relay controller from electronickits.com -which reliably controls some hydroponic elements… the 8 relays on the serial kit can individually support 10amps up to 250v – has 4 opto-isolated inputs- and there is nothing proprietary about the multiple provided pc interfacia software (DOS based as well) -the switching time is posted as .2 sec, and I seem to recall some difficulty scheduling events for midnight -nothing hard to work around… i’ve been very happy with it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16425",
"author": "dead dizzawg",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T03:46:29",
"content": "Page caching is a virtue. To stay on topiczorz, this is a dope ass spin on an old idea. relay boards are one of the most usefull devices ever",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16426",
"author": "bumsk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T08:33:55",
"content": "i want one.…gotta look into this autoit thing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16424",
"author": "soapbox",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T15:57:57",
"content": "Autoit kicks much butt. I use it to make custom installers for the academic-licensed software here at school; you can have AutoIt enter serial numbers and other pertinent info. I homebrewed some cloning scripts/.exe’s (where Ghost isn’t an option), but now we’re moving to UIU for our WinPCs. Still, many neat possibilities for AutoIt users.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16423",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T19:50:15",
"content": "What kind of dc motor is that to have enough torque to move a door and where do I get one?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16422",
"author": "scott",
"timestamp": "2006-01-19T05:25:28",
"content": "Don’t know what was used here, but windshield wiper / power window motors are geared with more than enough torque to handle that job, and they run on 12vdc…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16421",
"author": "zerocool60544",
"timestamp": "2006-01-20T07:12:25",
"content": "Hey guys someone told me on the autoitforum that i was famous. I got here and WOW!!! I AM!!! Thanks so myuch for your intrest but the software came with the relay board.http://electronickits.com/kit/complete/elec/ck1601.htmI recommend AutoIt athttp://www.autoitscript.comI LOVE ITThe door thing consists of an Autoitscript, PHP Script, and a HTMLget it all herehttp://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=20094Thanks again guys",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16420",
"author": "coreycubed",
"timestamp": "2006-01-20T18:53:07",
"content": "Awesome! I’ve been a fan of AutoIt for a long time, great to see it put to the use of real-world modding.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16419",
"author": "Drew",
"timestamp": "2006-01-21T09:59:59",
"content": "How does the door opener/closer mechanism work? The fishing line doesn’t show up in the pictures, so you cant see the mechanical part. All that shows up is the motor and the water bottles.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16418",
"author": "Jaime",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T04:03:46",
"content": "wut is a unlock key?? and how can i git one?? if n e one can help me, well help me please",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16417",
"author": "zerocool60544",
"timestamp": "2006-03-31T20:29:14",
"content": "Hey guys it’s nice to see that people are still interested in this. I will have a site dedicated to this project in the very near future if you would like to goto my site it is:http://zerocool60544.t35.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,944.82727
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/16/rogue-server-in-a-ups/
|
Rogue Server In A UPS
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
InventGeek
‘s newest contributor, Dan Williams, has just posted his first project:
hiding a server in a UPS surge protector
. Dan found himself with a dead UPS surge protector and decided to do something fun. The brick has two built in RJ-45 connectors and power so he figured he could easily hide a server in it. There are three main components involved: a 4-port router, an
NSLU
, and a USB enclosure for a laptop hard drive. The router and the NSLU were both stripped of their cases to save space. The wall warts were stripped of their cases as well. There aren’t a lot legitimate reasons to make one of these. It is still a fun project and if a burglar runs off with your laptop, but not your disguised file server, you might feel a little better.
[thanks
Jared
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "16416",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T08:52:05",
"content": "awesome idea! would be nice if it still worked (at least superficially) as a ups with a low battery – you know, to complete the illusion.i have plans in the works for a similar sort of device that hides in a cat5 wall jack, normally passive, which wakes up with a specially crafted packet (not wake on lan, but something seemingly legit). intended purpose? simply proof of concept, not anything malicious. could also be a clever hidden way of monitoring your own network for intruders. any suggestions?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16412",
"author": "weaszel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T13:22:16",
"content": "strange, my apc ups died just last night… i was contemplating tossing it around in the street, but wound up keeping it on a lark.once again, hackaday comes to the rescue.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16413",
"author": "weaszel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T13:27:15",
"content": "and of course i only remember this after i’ve posted a comment already, but, steve, this may be of interest to you:http://www.chippc.com/products/thinclients/jackpc/index.aspsure, it’s pre-made (and what’s the fun in that?), but it’s neat nonetheless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16414",
"author": "andrew pollack",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T15:58:50",
"content": "Just a suggestion to all — beware of heat building up. I was very surprised by how much heat these UPS devices generate. As a volunteer firefighter, I have access to a thermal imaging camera. One really cold winter night I borrowed it to walk around the house finding cold spots which needed more insulation, and was stunned by the amount of heat perfectly functional UPS’s were throwing off. They accounted for as much heat as my servers (which were idle, but running).The cases don’t have fans, so if you toss a processor in there along with a good UPS you’re going to overheat things. Consider stripping an old laptop for its low-heat parts to build your hidden servers.AP",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16415",
"author": "Sebsz",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T19:40:24",
"content": "I wonder if this guy stole the ideas from my mind. Well I’m not hiding a computer inside a broken UPS. I am hiding a light controller that is connected to my computer by PC… I will be submitting this with photos to hackaday.com so keep checking. It will allow you all to switch on and off up to about 32 110v/220v LIGHTS and low-power appliances using your computer! (Think: Light shows, lights synced to music, etc.).Too bad he was there first with the “Hide it inside your UPS” idea.SeBsZ",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16411",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T21:11:00",
"content": "very nice job on that. I’m impressed at the quality.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16410",
"author": "paul h",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T21:26:40",
"content": "I didn’t see in the explanation why he chose to leave the case around the hard drive- especially after sawing the wrapper off of the wall wart. Maybe just because he didn’t need to save any more space?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16409",
"author": "captsnuffy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T00:07:55",
"content": "Proabably because it made it easier having the data and power over USB with the enclosure than hacking up another way. He probably could’ve removed the casing but it ended up fitting and laziness was able to kick in.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16408",
"author": "cooldude",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T05:12:55",
"content": "Thats pretty cool, but i have my 2TB server hidden in my wall…..just in case the feds come :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16407",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T05:18:06",
"content": "This concept could keep you vital data safe if your house is ever robbed. No one would ever steal a UPS :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16406",
"author": "blind",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T08:07:58",
"content": "that’s the second story from digg i’ve seen posted on here. yikes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16405",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T08:15:27",
"content": "blind, im not so sure about that. digg has (rather often) had hackaday features posted. correct me if im wrong eliot, but i’m guessing that it was posted here first and then digg picked it up. the timing is about right.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16404",
"author": "aaron",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T08:36:04",
"content": "Here’s another project from a couple years ago that was presented at toorcon with a similar concept. Looks like there’s some software that he could probably use as well, =).http://www.tvsg.org/geeklog/staticpages/index.php?page=20030915100424692http://www.tvsg.org/ups/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16403",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T08:50:53",
"content": "Projects on inventgeek are very popular and usually show up on Digg, Make, Slashdot, BoingBoing, and Engadget (remember the vibrating lockpick last week) Usually I don’t get to carry these stories because they’re old news by the time the story would go up as the hack the following day. Jared (the inventgeek site owner) knows this and sent me the link in hopes that I could get to it before everyone else. That’s why the post went up at 12:01AM, To be the Hack of the Day.Of course there is a possibility that Digg got it first since iventgeek is a web site on the internet. I searched for it and found these three stories:http://digg.com/mods/PROJECT_ROUGE_SERVERhttp://digg.com/mods/Server_in_a_Dead_UPShttp://digg.com/mods/Rogue_server_in_a_UPSAll apparently duping a Digg link that doesn’t exist anymore. Someone probably reported the original as the dupe and it got deleted. What a wonderfully broken system: Slashdot has met its match.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16402",
"author": "Dean",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T18:01:33",
"content": "One could use this idea to swap out a existing ups at a company and have a server sitting descretely between the incomming line and the network, (on the other side of the firewall), and you could sniff all traffic in and out of the network..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16401",
"author": "autonin",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T22:12:31",
"content": "I did this at DEFCON and ToorCon back in 2003: “UPS: Who can Brown Own For You Today?” The UPS batteries didnt work anymore, but how many UPS’ don’t work after a few years anyway?My system was plug-and-play – auto network discovery, auto phone-home, PSK DES encrypted exfiltration over a stealth channel (DNS). Came with a nice suite of attack tools – Dsniff, THCRUT, some MS exploits of the day, and even Nessus. It was all remote-controllable, even through a NAT device.This would _not_ work as a ‘Hide Data from the Feds’ box – they take everything, they open everything. The way to hide data from the Feds is to not be anywhere near it – remote location, plausible deniability.I fully expected my box to be discovered eventually, and had it reporting to a non-tracible listening post server.Anyway, nice work, if not entirely original… :)-Auto",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16400",
"author": "Wim L",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T23:33:38",
"content": "I don’t think this would keep your server from being taken by thieves. The one time I had my apt burgled they took everything that looked remotely electronic (stereo, old NeXT cube, soldering iron…) and if I’d had a UPS I’m sure they’d have taken that too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16398",
"author": "tony james",
"timestamp": "2006-01-19T07:07:26",
"content": "DanIn reference to the remark,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16399",
"author": "Geminus",
"timestamp": "2006-01-21T16:19:47",
"content": "This was done some years ago at DEFCON as well if I am not mistaken?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/15/diy-fig-rig/
|
DIY Fig Rig
|
Eliot
|
[
"Portable Video Hacks"
] |
[] |
The
Fig Rig
is the brain child of director
Mike Figgis
. The Rig is designed to provide stability while using a handheld camera. If you’ve seen the continuous 90 minute takes in Figgis’s
Timecode
you know what prompted him to come up with this contraption. Like most digital video camera accessories the Rig comes with a premium price. KingVidiot has a forum post detailing his attempt at
creating a homemade Fig Rig
. He used an old steering wheel, a piece of aluminum plate and a wooden dowel. It isn’t that pretty to look at, but it definitely didn’t cost him $300 and it works pretty well too.
[thanks
DVguru
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "16395",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T19:16:25",
"content": "cool, but no pics on the forum post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16396",
"author": "tamzarian",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T19:51:58",
"content": "That IS pretty cool. Now all I need to do is build one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16397",
"author": "[kj]",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T19:56:07",
"content": "Yeah, Nothing shows in Firefox, but in IE (gotta use it sometimes) it shows the little ‘pic failed’ box. You can then grab the actual location of the picture. Since he used geocities for hosting the pics, if more than two people look at the site over a span of a month it’ll stop access because he’s used too much bandwidth.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16391",
"author": "tavor",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T23:16:01",
"content": "KJ and [Submitter], if you ever see a site like that, with cool stuff but stupid Geoshitties hosting, use the Coral Cache Firefox plugin to “Coralize it”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16392",
"author": "captsnuffy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T00:39:32",
"content": "Kind of like the $14 steadicam:http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16393",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T00:56:39",
"content": "Somebody should setup something similar to mirrordot for hackaday. Hell, even hackaday could or at least use the distributed caching of nyud.net automatically instead of direct links. Just because people are hackers doesn’t mean they understand web hosting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16394",
"author": "Mikko",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T01:06:47",
"content": "wasn’t this invented by Sam Raimi for the Evil Dead films (the first or second i think) I remember in the extras of the trilogy DVD theres a segment on how they constructed a lange woden frame to hold a camera that would make moving the camera by hand much smoother… And I’m sure that came out far before timecode…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16389",
"author": "jason",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T02:27:56",
"content": "Raimi made the “shaky cam” which s just a camera strapped to a board which is suspended by a rope on each end.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16390",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T06:46:20",
"content": "couldn’t one theoretically host a site from coralcache?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,944.52676
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/14/amiga-in-an-fpga/
|
Amiga In An FPGA
|
Eliot
|
[
"computer hacks"
] |
[] |
Dennis had been working on this project for over a year before recently
releasing it in the Amiga.org forums
(
photos
). The Amiga was notable for its use of unique, dedicated processor chips for tasks like real time video effects. Dennis has recreated these chips in a Xilinx Spartan-3 400K gate FPGA. His development board also features a MC68000 processor and an MMC card for storage. He’s got everything, but sound and keyboard support working. He is able to run Lemmings though, and isn’t that what’s really important?
[thanks Seantech]
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[
{
"comment_id": "16384",
"author": "pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T20:00:28",
"content": "Is this a precursor to an Amiga SOAC? Does one already exist?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16385",
"author": "Speed phreak",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T20:33:11",
"content": "Ah, Lemmings on the Amiga. So that’s where my childhood went…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16386",
"author": "markie",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T22:40:23",
"content": "awesome project! emulating old hardware in software is already nice, but actually recreating it in an FPGA like this is insane (and very very cool) :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16387",
"author": "Eviltwin",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T00:24:31",
"content": "…and very very very much job!coding is done on 10 % of the time, rest is going on bugfix (90 %)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16376",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T04:21:16",
"content": "Very cool!!Slightly apropos, should also check out the C-One. It is a recreation of the Commodore 64 in a modern form (C64 motherboard which fits in a ATX case [with slight modification], ATX power supply, uses PC keyboards, hdrives, etc)…The board uses a replaceable CPU core module. It comes with a Motorola 65C816 module to support Commodore 64 environments, but in theory could be replaced with any 8-bit CPU module (eg. real 6502, 6809, or Z80).Not a hack…http://c64upgra.de/c-one/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16377",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T05:27:55",
"content": "some people on the forum are calling foul… anyone FPGA experts care to comment on how possible this would be to do?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16378",
"author": "ex-parrot",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T05:34:20",
"content": "I spoke too soon, people are retracting their cries of “it’s a hoax, it’s a hoax” already :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16379",
"author": "ravuya",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T10:39:07",
"content": "Unbelievable! I crave one of these.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16380",
"author": "erkan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T14:44:37",
"content": "Its real and working.And hes got sound working now. Check the huge thread at amiga.org.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16381",
"author": "Andre",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T17:16:51",
"content": "In reply to ex-parrot’s question on if this were possible:Entirely! I’m a graduate of computer engineering in Ottawa, Canada, and building a computer on an FPGA was part of the curriculum. We didn’t do amiga, however, we re-created an Acorn CPU. I remember the hardest part for me was the damned VGA controller because you had to get the signal timing just right! Any deviation would result in really weird images. Ah, the memories!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16382",
"author": "Seantech",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T05:42:08",
"content": "Dennis went from his first blink-a-led ‘program’ on the fpga right to making Minimig, and Minimig is now very much a reality!Dennis should be giving a public demo on 18 Feb at the HCC Commodore User Group [http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl/indexeng.htm], in Maarssen, The Netherlands. Any of you that are willing, interested and able to join are more than welcome!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16383",
"author": "John Bokma",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T11:37:13",
"content": "@10 which Acorn computer? BBC?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16374",
"author": "justin pierringer",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T01:08:57",
"content": "Fairy Tails was my favorite game for the amiga, congrats on the project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16375",
"author": "ipod-owner",
"timestamp": "2006-08-18T20:14:00",
"content": "Update:The project is still going strong.Here is a link to another cool homebuilt Amiga clone:http://www.natami.net/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16388",
"author": "FPGA & CPLD Blogs",
"timestamp": "2008-05-26T20:40:37",
"content": "Is there any more updates in this? I would like to find out more about it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/13/lightweight-eye-tracker/
|
Lightweight Eye Tracker
|
Eliot
|
[
"digital cameras hacks",
"Portable Video Hacks"
] |
[
"camera",
"eye",
"eye track",
"eye tracker",
"pdf"
] |
[Jason S. Babcock] and [Jeff B. Pelz] put together this paper on
building a simple, lightweight eyetracker
(PDF) to foster the creation of open source eyetracking software. All of the components are mounted to a cheap pair of safety glasses. The eyetracker uses a technique called “dark-pupil” illumination. An IR LED is used to illuminate the eye. The pupil appears as a dark spot because it doesn’t reflect the light. A bright spot also appears on the cornea where the IR is directly reflected. An eye camera is mounted next to the IR LED to record the image of eye with these two spots. Software tracks the difference between the two spots to determine the eye orientation. A laser mounted to the frame helps with the initial calibration process. A scene camera placed above the eye records what the eye is viewing. The video from these two cameras can be compared in real time or after the experiment is concluded.
[thanks austin y.]
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{
"comment_id": "16365",
"author": "AllenKll",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T19:28:27",
"content": "This is really cool, I remember someone asking for this not too long ago, I hoep he/she is still reading.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16366",
"author": "Joe Strout",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T20:16:29",
"content": "I wonder if this could be adapted to make a head tracker? Attach a strong IR source at camera to the top of the monitor, and find the bright and dark dots that appear/disappear in sync with the IR modulation to locate the eyes. That could be used to then update the display on the screen, making it appear as a window onto a 3D world (a technique known as fishtank VR).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16367",
"author": "Ed",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T20:19:00",
"content": "Looks like a great idea, I can see this being used by handicap people to communicate, use computers or even play games, who knows, maybe in the future Hawking will own you in HALO 4?Btw, I found some infrared hazard notes here:http://www.twi.co.uk/j32k/protected/band_13/faq_radiation.htmland here:http://www.potterymaking.org/safetyeyes.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16368",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T21:38:19",
"content": "this is really cool, and the applications for the disabled would be awesome if they were F/OSS.We had a family friend get in an accident and he was quadriplegic, and his eye-tracking computer system was nearly $10,000.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16369",
"author": "austin young",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T00:51:36",
"content": "woohoo, my first submitted hack made it!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16370",
"author": "Nanomonkey",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T00:55:06",
"content": "This reminds me of the pupil pistol from Robotech. I sure hope this doesn’t end up in the military’s hands…the pupil pistol in Robotech started out for playing games and ended up in use for the hovertanks if I’m not mistaken.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16371",
"author": "Amos",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T01:05:16",
"content": "There are lots of good files if you drop back into the publications folderhttp://www.cis.rit.edu/people/faculty/pelz/publications/ETRA04_rothkopf_pelz.pdf",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16372",
"author": "oliver jenkins",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T02:04:28",
"content": "I can see (no pun intended) an application for this type of hardware in usability studies (http://www.poynterextra.org/eyetrack2004/main.htm).Specifically for software interfaces such as web pages.You would want to replace the scene camera with a recording of the current screen that the user/subject is working on.I’d be quite interested as to how users interact with the sites I work on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16373",
"author": "Fahad",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T05:15:44",
"content": "This is all well and good, but without ready-made setups available for commercial purchase, this hack will stay out of the hands of many willing armchair developers. It’s like Lego Mindstorms. Sure robotics existed before, but Mindstorms put into a package most non-hardware hackers were able to deal with, and the same thing needs to happen to this.We, the software-only/mostly hackers, need a prepackaged setup, complete with assembled or ready-to-assemble hardware and bundled software to get us started. And then, you’ll see a boom in all sorts of hobby applications!Can’t wait to get my hands on one then!BTW, has anyone commented on the long-term effects of constant IR to the eye?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16360",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T09:39:04",
"content": "a setup where you have this on, some cameras mounted to triangulate your head in 3-d, and a switch you bite with your teeth could let quads (like christopher reeve was) use computers easily, and since with a bit of work you can make computers do just about anything, the possibilities are endless!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16361",
"author": "SOI Sentinel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T19:12:15",
"content": "There’s actually several ways to track an eye, this is probably one of the easiest. Before cheap and plentifule mini cameras, they did it with two IR LEDs and two IR photodiodes mounted in pairs on the sides and top and bottom of the eye. These were pulsed and the alternating photodiode readings taken to get an IR intensity scale. Fairly accurate IIRC, 1-2 degrees.Another popular way is to directly EOG the eyes. Place either passive or active electrodes on the bridge of the nose, top and bottom of the eyes, the side of the eyes, and a reference behind the ear (6 electrodes total). The eyes have something like a 100mV potential front to back, so the electrodes would pick up this voltage difference as your eyes rotated. This method was possibly more accurate, but either needed stick-on electrodes or expensive silver active electrodes. Electrode placement had to be spot on and it had to be recalibrated for each user, however.The army uses direct laser illumination of the eye for tracking in the prototype Comanche helmets. I don’t know if that tech will filter down to the Apaches now that Comanche is canceled.Oh, and speaking of head tracking, Apache helicopters do head tracking by using two sensors mounted behind the pilots head and two IR(?) LEDs on either side of the pilot’s helmet. It’s been a while since I read that manual.I’m personally interested in getting a rugged eye tracking system designed for portability, as I’m also slowly working on a head mounted laser or LED monochrome scanning display to go along with it. Hmmm… maybe I’ll have to go learn my VHDL and open source the hardware variant.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16362",
"author": "Igor Carron",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T19:35:04",
"content": "Great catch.I wonder how it will help in developing some hardware that can help in diagnosing autism. I have written about this here.(part 1)http://nuit-blanche.blogspot.com/2005/06/eye-tracking-machines-and-autism.html(part 2)http://nuit-blanche.blogspot.com/2005/11/eye-tracking-machines-and-autism.htmlThe reason I wrote these entries is mostly because each commercial eye tracking device cost at least $20,000.Igor.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16363",
"author": "Igor Carron",
"timestamp": "2006-06-22T12:56:42",
"content": "Here is an improvement on this eye tracker by Derrick Parkhurst (http://hcvl.hci.iastate.edu/cgi-bin/parkhurst.cgi) at Iowa State.http://hcvl.hci.iastate.edu/cgi-bin/openEyeswiki/index.cgi?action=search&search=openEyesA mobile eye tracker (with software) that seems to cost about $300 without the attendant PC. Outstanding.Igor.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16364",
"author": "noone",
"timestamp": "2006-07-07T04:20:24",
"content": "i would love this, to bad i have a stigmatism",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79134",
"author": "Dave Neary",
"timestamp": "2009-06-25T11:36:34",
"content": "Hi all,Trying to cost this out, and I’m coming up to $200 for the two cameras, another $12 for a laser diode, and a few cents each for an IR LED and voltage regulator, but I’m missing the “how to hook it up to the computer” bit, and also how to power it – do we need to have a rechargable battery? Powered over USB? Do we communicate over bluetooth, IR or something else?I’d be interested in building one of these as a project and getting it working as a pointer.Cheers,Dave.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/12/8gb-ipod-nano-hack/
|
8GB IPod Nano Hack
|
Eliot
|
[
"ipod hacks"
] |
[] |
2,000 songs. Impossibly small. Reeks of fish.
There is something very fishy going on with this
conversion of a 4GB iPod nano to an 8GB nano
. To start, the obligatory “new capacity” screenshot isn’t provided. Next, it is almost too simple: just piggyback the flash chips on top of each other. Wait, weren’t the chips in the 4GB nano
mounted on a daughter card
? ([Omikron]’s photos of the
daughter card in his 4GB nano
) The 2G version had flash chips on the main board, but
those were Toshibas
not these Samsung chips. There are really basic instructions provided that encourage you to buy a broken nano on eBay and salvage the necessary chips. If that seems a little hard, the author has plenty of the correct memory chips on hand and is willing to upgrade your nano, for a fee. This page is
mirrored in an auction
. What kind of person has a pile of 2GB iPod flash chips on hand? I don’t know, but they seem to have
sold a lot of 4GB iPods in the last month
. I wonder what capacity the iPods really were
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{
"comment_id": "16356",
"author": "DCGrendel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T13:54:56",
"content": "http://www.samsung.com/Products/Semiconductor/NANDFlash/SLC_LargeBlock/32Gbit/K9NBG08U5M/K9NBG08U5M.htmis the correct link for the 4GB/32Gbit chipthe one linked from the article is wrong (2GB/16Gbit), and not even the one shown in the pictures.as long as the pads are all wired, 8GB is quite possible. though if they are only wired for 2GB chips then this will result in a 4GB ipod with another 4GB nonaccessable.also the chips do look a little thick for TSOPs though.",
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"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "16357",
"author": "splat1",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T14:14:02",
"content": "it could be done, but I doubt it could with just the infomation provided on that page. Seehttp://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/FattenYourSlugfor an example of piggybacking ram.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16358",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T15:37:41",
"content": "I guess the questions begs to be asked then:Why report this at all?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16359",
"author": "luke",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T15:53:00",
"content": "so if you did do this and you ended up with a 4gb nano with 4gb nonaccessable wouldnt you be able to mod/hack the nanos firmwere to accept the new 4gb?.also he says that “8. Do a factory reset” now if this alows the nano to acces the new 4gb to make the total 8gb i dont know…if it works that would be very cool and i for one would buy a nano to try it out on…luke",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16355",
"author": "twitchy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T16:42:01",
"content": "his pics don’t quite match…http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2005/0908/nano.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16347",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T18:14:03",
"content": "I emailed the guy with requests for pictures of a working 8gb nano and a bit more info. We’ll see what shows up….My hunch is that this is a hoax/incorrect info….but we’ll see",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16348",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T18:27:33",
"content": "A capacity screen shot would have been nice. I would be very surprised if the nano firmware didn’t limit itself to the capacity it ships with. Although Apple generally doesn’t seem too worried about what hackers do to iPods.Based on a few nano teardown pictures the pictures in the MultiArcade article do seem feasible to me.It does look like Apple uses flash parts in various combinations. It seems not all 2G nanos are created using the same parts. The Japanese teardown shows the 2GB Samsung K9WAG08U1M on the daughter card. This article:http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26485shows two 1GB Samsung K9W8G08U1M on the base board. I have also seen a Toshiba part on the base board but I can not find the picture at the moment. If my memory is correct the Toshiba part was a 2GB part.The MultiArcade 8G ipod nano article shows a 4GB Samsung K9NBG08U5M on the base board. As noted previously, the Samsung link in the MultiArcarde article is incorrect. It contains a link to the 2GB Samsung K9WAG08U1M and not to the 4GB K9NBG08U5M shown in the pictures.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "16349",
"author": "perry",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T19:21:10",
"content": "Stacking chips is an old school method of increasing storage. The important thing that’s missing is an additional CS (chip select) wired to the flash. Just stacking 2 flash chips is asking for trouble, since flash chips have a fairly long write cycle and use and acknowledge mechanism to notify the host of write completion. Additionally, as flash chips age, the write time increases, requiring additional write cycles to overwrite a given page of data, sort of like tracing over an outline to make it darker.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16350",
"author": "Edz",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T19:52:47",
"content": "Stacking chips does wrk for increased storage (the GP32 can be upgraded this way). what i’m not sure of is whether the nano would then need a firmware update/hack to allow it to see the full 8gb. If it’s already set up to be expandable, then it might work. If not, the firmware needs to be hacked.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16351",
"author": "JEsse",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T19:55:08",
"content": "Why the hell is this on the frount page.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16352",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T20:29:12",
"content": "hey jesse,if you dont like it, submit something better.kthxbye",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16353",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T20:31:45",
"content": "Dearth means a lack of, I think you mean abundance.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16354",
"author": "Richard",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T20:44:45",
"content": "Well, wait… if Apple was shipping 2Gb Nanos with 2 x 1Gb chips, then switched to 1 x 2Gb chips, it makes perfect sense that you can add another 4Gb chip to the 4Gb and make 8 gig.It makes sense for the following reasons:1. A heck of a lot more flexibility in manufacturing… lets you start with 2 x 1 gig chips (which are cheaper initially) and as production ramps up, lets you switch to a single 2Gb chip.2. Allows for planned expansion… nothing simpler than building an upgrade into a product. Apple wants to sell an 8 gig Nano? No problem! Just add a second chip. Just from the looks of things, this is entirely possible.I live in Queens, I’m going to contact him and see if I can deliver it to him in person.I’ll then post a screenshot of the capacity, and if it’s legit, we’ll all know he’s for real.",
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"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "16346",
"author": "Francis",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T21:02:34",
"content": "hmm, i don’t know a lot about the ipod, but if it’s using a 32 bits CPU, then would it cause some problems to adress more than 4 gigs?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16336",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T21:17:00",
"content": "thanks Dave, I know I shouldn’t write copy at 4AMFabienne and I spent most of the morning trying to dig up pictures of the 4G being disassembled to determine if Apple had changed there production and wasn’t using the daughter card anymore.http://www.tuaw.com/2006/01/12/scam-or-not-8gb-ipod-nano-upgradeI did see that inquirer article about the 2G with the photo of the Samsung chips, but Fabienne split hers open on the spot and confirmed that it was using chips from Toshiba.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16337",
"author": "Bigg_al",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T21:27:42",
"content": "That’s not a hack, that’s major surgery!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16338",
"author": "josh",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T22:11:54",
"content": "francis, no, it wouldn’t. You’re thinking of RAM limitations of x86 machines. This is solid-state storage, which doesn’t have that limitation",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16339",
"author": "tom Finley",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T22:31:58",
"content": "I say hoax – how do you guarantee that the iPods firmware will detect the extra RAM? What about file systems? There was no mention of it. I’ve had load of trouble taking 4th gen drives and putting them in 3rd Gen Ipods, let alone just slapping a chip on a nano’s board.Even if it’s real, it’s ballsy and dangerous to mod your nano in such a manner. It’d be really easy to brick a perfectly good 4GB. My thought is that it’d be simpler to buy a good one and one with a broken screen from eBay, replace the screen, and tape them together. There’s your 8BG DS super nano…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16340",
"author": "Paul",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T22:39:54",
"content": "josh: It is a limitation of 32-bit addressing (DRAM and flash are both solid-state storage btw). However, if instead of addressing individual bytes you address words (2/4/8/etc bytes at a time), then you could go beyond 4GB. Since the flash memory is used for bulk storage, this seems reasonable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16341",
"author": "Craig",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T23:29:04",
"content": "Ok guys here it is. This is what you’ve been waiting for. I’m in no way affiliated with the guy that wrote the original post, but i’ve come up with a way to do it. Its actually quite simple… all you do it take two 2 gig flash chips and scotch tape them to the back of the ipod. You have to use scotch tape as its mystical powers create a sexual tension between the chips and the device. They then mate and there you go, an 8 gig ipod nano. I’m actually experimenting with mating a nano and a 2 platter seagate 400 gig disk but so far no luck… i’ll keep you updated",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16342",
"author": "BillytheImpaler",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T00:00:42",
"content": "http://ipod.hackaday.com/entry/1234000547035805/In that case there must be some significant sexual tension in this ipod, you sarcastic bastard.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16343",
"author": "Kaphine",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T00:29:41",
"content": "Re: Stacking, etc.The images look like the Flash was stacked, however the instructions say to solder the flash to the open slot. The part numbers are for 50ns 4G NAND flash. So it would seem from the pictures that there are 4x4G for a total of 16G? Confusing!And why would he unsolder the chip stack from the right and re-solder it on the left, then solder the new stack where the old one was?I am so confused!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16344",
"author": "Omikron",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T00:33:43",
"content": "Okay, there are many inconsistencies in this story:– All three 4GB Nanos that I have opened to date use a daughter board that has two 2GB flash chips, one on each side of the board.– The part number he LINKS to is the same part number that is in all of my 4GB Nanos. It is a 2GB part.– The part number seen in his pictures is a 4GB part number, which can be seen here:http://www.samsung.com/Products/Semiconductor/common/partnumbersearch.aspx?partnum=K9NBG08U5M&cd1=&x=0&y=0– If what he claims is true, then that board that he has pictured has FOUR 4GB chips, meaning 16GB of available flash! Don’t you think he would have bragged about this if it were possible?Furthermore:http://www.public.iastate.edu/~omikron/Shenanigans/MultiArcade/Those are the pictures that I took just moments ago from my own 4GB Nano. Things don’t quite match up to his story, do they?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16345",
"author": "Rick",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T01:07:21",
"content": "What’s this about stacking? He doesn’t mention stacking – just removing the chip from the broken nano and installing it in the open ‘socket’ (for lack of a better term). The photos clearly show an area on the PCB for another chip.I have no idea if it works, but the instructions seemed straightforward to me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16328",
"author": "Hybrid",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T02:19:48",
"content": "if it may not be a hack, if you dont have enough proof to tell, if you arent sure that its even a real hack…then why post this crap. didnt know this site was a big discussion forum….”here this might not be a real hack, tell us if you think it is” bs",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16329",
"author": "billw",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T04:34:36",
"content": "The chips aren’t stacked… that’s how thick 4 gig flash are. Lots of manufacturers allow for additional flash chips for flexibility so they, for example, can use 2 2 gig chips if the supply of 4 gig chips runs short. I’ve cracked open CF cards that have 3 unpopulated spaces for flash chips.I’ve done similar transplants on the CVS cams (for different reasons) – he’s provided all of the information required and I don’t see any inconsistancies. Also, I’d expect that the ipods’ firmware is sophisticated enough to autodetect the amount of flash installed.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16330",
"author": "greybeard",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T04:52:47",
"content": "The chips can be had from Samsung in stacked config with chip select properly configured.Here’s the link to the datasheet (.PDF) for the K9WAG08U1Mhttp://www.samsung.com/Products/Semiconductor/NANDFlash/SLC_LargeBlock/16Gbit/K9WAG08U1M/ds_k9xxg08uxm_rev10.pdfNot an endorsement of this “hack”, which indeed has a cat-candy stench to it.I wouldn’t send this guy a dime, let alone a Nano and $$$",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16331",
"author": "Mooga",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T05:57:44",
"content": "When you compare the picture on that site to the pictures posted eveywhere else of the nano you can tell that it hasto be fake. The 4gig nano has a daughter board with 2 2gig chips. One on the front, one on the back. That site is showing a daughter board with 1 4gig chip on the front with an empty slot next to it. I don’t see how it’s real. It looks like a get rich fast sceem.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16332",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T06:19:35",
"content": "Well you know, it seems like this could work out to be a good scam for him; he tells people that they can double their storage by buying a broken 4gb nano, or by buying a chip from him. He removes the chips from a bunch of nanos, sells them as “broken” and sells the chips seperately. He wins twice (3 if you count installation). This theory falls flat however, when you notice he’s not selling any broken nanos. In fact, nobody is.Worse yet, he could get you to send him your ipod nano and then simply sell it on ebay, like he’s been doing.That said, I think there is a good possibility that it isn’t a scam. There definitely needs to be more investigation though, as opposed to people whining about the 4gb chips looking like 2 2gb chips stacked on top of each other. Why can’t anyone contact this person?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16333",
"author": "Michael the Great",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T07:06:09",
"content": "not endorsing at all, but his pictures don’t seem to mention the stacking because they seem to be already stacked. I think (if real) that his has “stacked” memory already and he adds a “stacked” memory from another nano. I’m not horribly excited about the hack, but if real it shows that Apple is ready for an upgrade when the time comes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16334",
"author": "DJDole",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T07:48:41",
"content": "I’m guessing the daughter board was probably a later addition to make it easier on apple to replace under-warranty memory. All they’d need to do is pop it open, replace the old daughterboard with a new one, snap it closed and ship it back. It’d definitely make sense, since Apple would probably not want to replace the entire device if just that one component fails. (and we know how apple has a track record with components failing…nano screen…original click-wheels failing…batteries failing…. etc)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "16335",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T08:14:11",
"content": "upon looking at the data sheet for the recomended chips, you will notice that they /come already stacked/ from the manufactuer, not saying this will work, but it looks as though this is just an issue if the firmware wil support the extra storage.my prediction is that apple will eventually re-release the nano in a higher capacity form, and at the same time give current users the option to send in their old nanos for a memory upgrade. (just changing out the daughter board)it’s only beena day, lets give this guy a chance to put some pictures up, I am not touching my nano till I see somone else do it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16320",
"author": "smilr",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T08:21:17",
"content": "I was under the impression that the 4 gig nanos came with ONE 4 gig chip on the motherboard, while the 2 gig units shipped with TWO 1 gig chips on a daughtercard. So his chips, assuming they are the factory-double-stacked chips mentioned above could be Legit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16321",
"author": "lordbyron",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T09:45:47",
"content": "Elliot,Someone should call and ask. You probably already know this, but a search at whois.net pulls up the telephone number, address and e-mail for the website (multiarcade.com) in Boca Raton, FL. Or don’t — hope this is helpful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16322",
"author": "abatcher",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T11:36:53",
"content": "Ok guys, this is one big scam: if you investigate a little further and have a look at his ebay feeback page:http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=multiarcade-comCheck out the people who gave the positive feedback. It’s just one big fake network of ‘users’ who give eachother good ratings. Some of them gave thousands of good feedbacks to other users and 0 negative feedbacks.Don’t fall for this one, it’s a bit too obvious…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16323",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T21:03:38",
"content": "Anyone else notice the auction has been removed?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16324",
"author": "noone21000",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T21:26:41",
"content": "Look at the pictures in #22 and the pictures on his site. Notice that you are looking at the same things minus the slot for the daughterboard. This could be faked by using photoshop etc, but also notice that the two mountig holes are missing from the udate pictures. This is obviuosly a different model iPod or earlier version.I personally believe that this is an early version of the model that did not use the daughterboard. and a single flsh. Apple was in negotiations with Smasung for a long time and then had to wait for procustion to ramp.Look again at the pictures; if the daughter socket and mounting holes were removed from a curent model iPod, as shown ion #22, it would look identical to the one in the picture. Apple even left the pads on the board when they added the socket.Plausable :Myth not busted.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16325",
"author": "Yorgle",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T22:12:50",
"content": "man… this article cracks me up. good one guys… should have saved it for april 1st though…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16326",
"author": "Erik Baca",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T22:57:04",
"content": "do you guys beleive if this is true….it will also work on a SHUFFLE????",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16327",
"author": "Todd",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T03:36:05",
"content": "Ok, so from being in the electronics industry at a level sufficient to debunk this, let me state a few things:1. double stacking chips is done in some cases to increase density without increasing real estate, HOWEVER, there is need for an “interposer” that handles the chipselect for the top chip separate from bottom chip, because as stated in #8 above, just stacking the two won’t get you to 8GB. So on that alone, I throw the bullshit flag.2. assuming this did work, you just set yourself up for a headache in case you even drop your Nano from a very short height, because of the nature of ChipQuik (what he uses to remove the chips). This stuff is an alloy that is physically weak, and created that way on purpose so that you can desolder a part without much headache. It works by you “resoldering” the part with the ChipQuik alloy, and then using a dental pick to pop the part of the board. However, if not cleaned off said part or PCB properly, then you contaminate any of your new solder joints, and weaken them as well. This leads to early failure after a shock or two. Nevermind thermal cycling of being in your pocket, then on the desk. In his steps, it mentions nothing about removing the ChipQuik from the parts or the PCB. So while this is not a “bullshit flag” worthy item, it does lead me to think this guy doesn’t know his head from his ass in using a soldering iron (that could be quite painful! :) ).3. as most people well know, assemblies and such are always reused if possible. Same goes for software, which is why it would not surprise me to see it recognize an 8GB flash section, because no doubt Apple is smart enough to make the software forward looking for something as simple as a change of storage space size. However, as stated in point #1, without the extra chip select lines coming from the processor, the extra flash chips will never be seen. End of story.To answer #14, #17 and #18, no, 32 bit processor has nothing to do with this, only because it’s code storage (where it’s going to be issuing code fetches to) is not the same as the song storage. If it were the same, then it would indeed only be able to see the 2^32 (~4GB) limit. The difference comes in how they hooked up the address lines of the flash devices. Usually a storage section like this will be addressed completely differently than that which would be hooked up to the address/data lines of the processor. For example, it is very possible to address any sector of a hard drive (which is bigger than 8GB) with even an 8 bit microcontroller. This is possible because the addressing is different. Look athttp://www.pjrc.com/tech/mp3/for one example of hooking up an 8051 to a hard drive.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16316",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T05:40:27",
"content": "again, /the chips come double stacked already from the manufactuer/ this maybe-hack in no way involves sodering one chip on top of another.considering we once had a hack that involved making two ipod photos into a stergraph, somone out there has to have the financial means to at least try this. I know from experence that just because somthing shouldn’t work does not mean that it will not work.still sounds fishy, but possible. consider maybe that he made purposly vauge instructions so non technical people would just give him the $ to do it.whatever, I am happy with my 40Gb nomad xtra :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16317",
"author": "mycroes",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T15:30:03",
"content": "“Broken Nano with 4gb chip which I remove”He is talking about removing a 4GB chip from the nano, seeing a normal nano has 2 2GB chips this is kinda hard…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16318",
"author": "Anunnaki",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T16:40:51",
"content": "hmm you have two pads on all of the different variations of ipod nano boards. depending on what chips are avail and to what prices, apple this way can put var. combinations of NAND flashs on it.if later ipods have “denser” chips, the 4gb version still uses only one chip, leaving the other pad open.if you read on the chip its a 2GB, that doesnt mean it IS – in contracts of this size, sometimes you dont label (in this case) stacked chips with the new number, since they are already sold bevor the leave samsung.all that doesnt mean the hack is working… but if the nano can adress 8gb, and if apple uses 4gbyte (stacked) samsung chips, it shouldfrom samsung:“An ultra high density solution having two 8Gb stacked with two chip selects is also available in standard TSOPI package and anotherultra high density solution having two 16Gb TSOPI package stacked with four chip selects is also available in TSOPI-DSP. “",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16319",
"author": "Brett",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T21:14:46",
"content": "I would say this is highly possible. back about 1990, I bought an LED based printer (same print engine as a laser printer, but used a row of LEDs instead of a scanning laser to illuminate the print drum.) Okidata OL400eThis printer came with 0.5MB memory, but by buying an expansion card, you could increase this to 1.5MB. The expansion card had sockets on it to plug in more memory chips, up to 3.5MB.I was walking through the local office suplies store, and noticed they had four of these cards on their clearance table – I bought them all. Once I got home, I unsoldered the chips from three boards and plugged them into the forth. After installing the board into the printer, the printer reported the full 3.5MB of memory.So yeah, I’d say this iPod nano upgrade is right on target.PS The printer is running fine today…",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16315",
"author": "andrew",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T05:49:48",
"content": "OKAYThis hack seems really plausible to me and seeing as I",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16313",
"author": "Amish3006",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T09:11:59",
"content": "I’m just wondering, I’m seeing alot of folks say yeah or nay on this subject but has anyone actually tried it? I don’t know jack about nano’s or their capabilities but I think it would be nice if someone who has actually tried it posted the experience.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16314",
"author": "paul oberman",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T23:46:41",
"content": "yea, i think the one thing which strongly points towards the impossibility of this, is the fact that no one has a working version that they can post pictures of.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "16307",
"author": "Alex Rueda",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T02:52:36",
"content": "It looks to me lke he just bought a nano, opened it, ripped of the socket for the daughter board, soldered on some random flash he memory he had laying aroud over where the socket had been, soldered on more random flash memory next to it, Then took pictures to convince people to send him ther ipods(and their $$$) so he could sell them on ebay.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16308",
"author": "iPod nano blog",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T23:59:59",
"content": "Check out this :http://www.vintagecomp.com/room/mactune/special/iPodnano/iPodnano.htmlhttp://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/nano.ars/4",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16309",
"author": "iPod nano blog",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T00:07:12",
"content": "Check out this :http://www.vintagecomp.com/room/mactune/special/iPodnano/iPodnano.htmlhttp://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/nano.ars/4",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/
|
Hack-A-Day Extra
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
ShmooCon
starts in two days and? uh? I’m sure I’ll be caught up with work by then. (
UPDATE:
[Tom] has an
interview with Bruce and Beetle
from the ShmooGroup) On a more important note: Yehoshua’s borg seems to have gotten lost on its way home from a New Year’s party and our
Folding team has taken a hit
. We’ve got
sitemeter
stats now in case you’ve ever wondered. It has only been active for two days, so the math is a little off.
More links after the jump (you should grab a beverage).
Instead of getting my work back on track, I’ve been
making motivational posters
using
Motivator
. [via
Screenhead
]
If you frequent
mini-itx.com
you’ve seen a lot of motherboards stuffed into
model car chassis. A company is now selling
Compucars
commercially. [via
TRFJ
]
Linux distribution chooser
, I tested positive for Gentoo after
answering “yes” to “Do you hate your free time?” [via
Download Squad
]
DVDJon has
already parked DeAACS.com
in preparation for the
new, sure to be annoying technology.
BoingBoing has a really interesting
thread/request about bone conduction
technology
.
How to program a bootloader
[
Steve
]
Palm T|X hacks:
making a voice recorder
and
adding a vibration alarm
[
t3h
]
Converting an optical mouse to IR
[brad]
[
Rlanctot
]’s guide for
building a
cord organizer
[snorkle256] upgraded his m:robe using [matt defenthaler]’s
guide
.
Then he was able to load it up using Adrian Stutz’s
m:robe loader
.
If you thought the original PSP hotswap trick was silly,
you haven’t seen this Xbox 360 video
.
[autotoxic]
You could laugh at [Tom Allred]’s
cordless phone mod
too, but he says the reception is great.
[
Giantkillerrobot
] got some Mini Cooper slot cars for Christmas and has
started
adding some non-factory
options
.
[401] added the Hack-A-Day logo
to his flash drive
. [Derwin]
had it on his OLED Network Walkman, but his site seems to be down.
Older iMacs have an IDE controller, but use SCSI connectors for the CDROM drive.
[
Abbie Gonzalez
] came up against this when installing 10.3, but
it didn’t prove much trouble
.
How to
free up hotel bandwidth
, It isn’t that nice, but some of us have to get work done.
[
Steve
]
[
Oliver Wittwer
]’s
quick fix for bad remote buttons
Michael Naimark’s guide to blinding cameras
[David]
It may be patched now, but
IronGeek’s guide to the
WMF vulnrability
is still interesting. [
Steve
]
Modding Aussie pay-tv antennas for WiFi
[masked]
Nintendo DS homebrew development tutorials
[
leadingzero
]
Hombrew for JAMMA arcade cabinets
[Caveman Joe]
[
miknix
] added an
external
antenna adapter to his PCMCIA wireless card
. It’s in Portuguese but the pictures are decent.
[
epooch
] has been playing around with external
character displays and found out that
switch plates make really
good housings
.
[
darkmoon
]’s
experience with initng
, the next
generation init system for Linux.
[Stefano Palazzo]’s
LEGO iPod nano dock
[
derJan
] has been
abusing the
German McDonald’s kids play pcs
.
[Frogz] sent in this
overclocking guide
with a joke about drilling holes in your skull to increase oxygen flow. You mean
trepanning
?
Use a floppy stepper motor to pan your webcam
.
[Michael Wagner]
The LDBD has been experimenting with
paintballs and high speed
photography
. They got the
instructions from MAKE
.
I’m sure you’ve seen [jared]’s
vibrating
lockpick
by now, it was everywhere today (at least in my inbox).
I’ve completely lost track of the PSP scene, I guess
Tetris on 2.50 is new
, wait,
no,
they just broke 2.60
.
[
Clay
]
[thoughtfix] has picked up a Nokia 770 and is
blogging the
experience
.
[
pillowcase
] continues to repurpose old tech as wall art. His latest
is the
emate clock
.
Android World
looks creepy despite its technicolor. [Richard Johnson]
[
Tod E. Kurt
] cleaned of the color wheel and sensor in his DLP projector and
thought we would like to
see the internals
.
Computer generated holograms
[DogHouse]
Thank you for all of the tips
.
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|
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{
"comment_id": "16251",
"author": "hackmo",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T16:23:16",
"content": "As always nice list of hacks. Too bad I don’t speak German though, that hacking mcdonalds site would have made an interesting read :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16252",
"author": "billytheimpaler",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T16:26:09",
"content": "I’d like to add an antenna to my Cisco Aironet 350 just like that Portuguese fellow did. Does anybody have any experience with these or am I on my own?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16253",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T19:00:57",
"content": "I really liked that antenna mod. I’m with billy. Where’s the translation? the hack a day flash drive is nice, too bad its hack-dotted.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16254",
"author": "danadamkof",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T19:36:18",
"content": "woot, JAMMA-related hack!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16255",
"author": "thoughtfix",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T20:07:58",
"content": "Hey – thanks for linking me! I linked back and credited the hack I used from this site.I have an open invitation for requests for hacks… if users want me to figure something out, I’ll research it and come back with my results.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16256",
"author": "Jared",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T20:49:57",
"content": "If you want to translate a page, try using:http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr– you’ll get a rough idea of what is being said. Not too pretty, but it works.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16257",
"author": "jwstolk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T21:06:58",
"content": "i have used the fish for years, but there are more:http://www.google.com/translate_t",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16258",
"author": "Scottiedog",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T02:52:58",
"content": "Just translated the floppy stepper motor article in Google translater, pretty cool idea, might give it a go. Translation has a few bugs though, need to find “two old persons 5 1/4″ floppys” haha :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16242",
"author": "Mr Dan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T05:13:56",
"content": "Does anybody know of a UK supplier for SMA connectors for WiFi antenna ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16243",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T05:41:04",
"content": "mr dan: i suggest checking ebay. many parts suppliers have stores and auctions for parts at reasonable prices (based both in the us and the uk. most ship worldwide).billy: ive done similar alterations to many of much of my wifi gear to allow external antennae. in the case of the aironet, its pretty simple-all you basically need to do is cut the ciruit trace to theantenna on the pcb, and the solder LMR cabling to the traces. With adecent solder job and copious amounts of hot glue, its a pretty quickconversion. if you havent already seen the following, for aironetspecific information check outhttp://www.felesmagus.com/newton/2100fast.htmlhttp://www.mrx.com.au/wireless/AironetModifications.htmhttp://www.smithstuff.net/Cantenna/Cantenna.htmfor more general information:searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/searchEnterpriseLinux/downloads/sample.pdf",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16244",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T08:23:53",
"content": "Just wanted to say thanks for the extra, love these things.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16245",
"author": "Bradysarlo",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T10:36:21",
"content": "I made an iPod Nano dock out of lego, But its slightly different.http://www.nokia-mods.co.uk/Bradys%20Lego%20iPod%20Nano%20Dock.JPGLet me know if you like it :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16246",
"author": "BillytheImpaler",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T20:23:49",
"content": "That’s pretty cool, Brady. How did you get the connectors to stay in the dock? How well does the nano fit in the opening?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16247",
"author": "IMWeasel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T04:04:01",
"content": "Has anyone here tried the computer generated hologram program? It didn’t work for me. What I mean is that the software generated an image that looks “right” but I couldn’t get any holographic effect out of it.Also, part of the page explains how to make a diffraction grating to test the printer resolution, but when I generate a diffraction grating the part at the bottom that lets you save the image dissapears from the window when it finishes the computation…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16248",
"author": "Daedalus",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T02:03:42",
"content": "about Bootloaders there is a great site.http://www.osdever.net",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16249",
"author": "emmanuel Caballero",
"timestamp": "2006-01-20T05:11:28",
"content": "I liked the article about the conversion of an optical mouse’s led to IR. Have anyone else tried it? Does it really improve the mouse’s accuracy? Just curious… maybe I’ll try it later.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16250",
"author": "Bradysarlo",
"timestamp": "2006-01-20T13:17:15",
"content": "@BillytheImpaler,Thanks, the 3.5mm stereo plug was already a perfect fit, as for the iPod USB cable, I wrapped electrical tape around it to make it thicker (wrapped tight to press the release buttons aswell so the ipod can just be pulled from the dock).It fits like a glove, the slot in lego is 5 across and 1 thick, couldnt be happier, I was thinking of buying a dock, but not anymore :P______________________________________________@emmanuel CaballeroI’m also curious, it seems pretty pointless to me…______________________________________________Can’t get enough of Hackaday Extras :)______________________________________________MSN:[email protected]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/02/01/robomaid-robot/
|
RoboMaid Robot
|
Eliot
|
[
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[] |
The
RoboMaid
(warning sound) really has nothing robotic about it. The website proclaims “smart sensor technology” and “programmable”. It’s actually just a
Weasel Ball
in a cage. Reader [Perry Cain] decided to keep the cage and
add some real electronic brains
if the form of a Prallax kit. The robot has 5 IR pairs: 2 in front, 2 on the side and one in the back. He says it works pretty well, but he hasn’t added detection to keep it from going down the basement steps yet.
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[
{
"comment_id": "16812",
"author": "Crash2108",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T21:01:38",
"content": "But is it still $19.95(Plus S&H)?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16813",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T22:02:19",
"content": "congratulations, you have created a roomba.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16814",
"author": "tony h.",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T23:44:15",
"content": "I think a woomba would be sweet to create.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16811",
"author": "weaselword",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T23:46:39",
"content": "“Is it Alive!?”“(Note: Weasel Ball is not alive)”:-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16809",
"author": "CaptSnuffy",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T03:14:48",
"content": "Weasel ball is awesome.I once bought one for my cat but it was too scared of it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16810",
"author": "mohamed",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T23:12:07",
"content": "l",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/31/how-to-psp-200-260-homebrew-with-eloader/
|
How-to: PSP 2.00-2.60 Homebrew With ELoader
|
Eliot
|
[
"Playstation Hacks",
"PSP Hacks"
] |
[
"psp"
] |
Thanks go to sometimes hacker, C.K. Sample, III, author of
PSP Hacks
for contributing this how-to.
So you’ve heard about this homebrew thing that all the cool kids have been doing, but you have already upgraded to version 2.6 of the firmware so that you could play all the latest and greatest games on the PSP. Fortunately for you, some very diligent hackers have been working round the clock to discover ways to get around the limitations put in place by the latest firmware.
The solution isn’t in the form of a downgrader, but rather in the form of an eLoader (EBOOT loader) that lets you use
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
to run homebrew on a PSP with version 2.0, 2.01, 2.5, and 2.6 of the firmware. Not
all
homebrew will run via this method, but there is a rather easy to read
compatibility chart
and I’m sure more things will begin working in future releases of the eLoader.
To help you along in your quest to homebrew, here’s a step by step (with pictures!) guide to using the eLoader:
Get your hands on a PSP running firmware 2.0-2.6 and a copy of
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
.
Download and decompress
the eLoader
[via
PSP Updates
].
Connect your PSP to your computer or mount your Memory Stick on your computer via a card reader.
When you open up your Memory Stick on your computer you will see a variety of folders including MP_ROOT and PSP. PSP is the one we will be using.
Drag your PSP folder on your Memory Stick to a local hard drive as a backup (it’s always good to backup).
Open the PSP folder on the Memory Stick.
Open up the PSP folder contained in the eLoader folder. You will see two folders: GAME and SAVEDATA. If you look inside the PSP folder on your Memory Stick, you will see the same two folders. We don’t want to replace those folders, but rather add the contents of the two together.
Open up the GAME folder of the eLoader and drag the contents of that folder into the GAME folder on your Memory Stick.
Open the SAVEDATA folder of the eLoader and drag the contents of that folder over to the SAVEDATA folder on your Memory Stick. If one of the files pops up with a “Replace existing file” or some such error, then this means that you already had a GTA save file in slot 5. Click replace (as you backed up the file in step 5).
Unmount the Memory Stick / your PSP.
Start up
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
. After it loads, select Load Game and choose the eLoader savegame.
The eLoader will launch. Use the directional pad to select a homebrew app and hit the X button to attempt launching it. As noted before, not all homebrew apps currently work, so some will crash your PSP and you will have to restart it. Enjoy your homebrew!
Unfortunately, none of the homebrew apps that are my favorites currently run via this exploit (fortunately, I have another PSP rocking firmware version 1.5), so make sure you grab
one of the compatible ones before you start this exploit.
As always, this exploit *shouldn’t* risk harming your PSP, as it doesn’t mess with your firmware at all, however, use at your own risk.
Once you are done homebrewing, if you want to play GTA and it keeps autoloading the eLoader, simply delete the eLoader from your Memory Stick. You can do this from your PSP by hitting the Start button in the eLoader, which Quits the game and returns you to the PSP’s game menu. Navigate to the Saved Data Utility, select each of the eLoader GTA beta files (there should be three of them), hit the Triangle button, select Delete from the side menu that pops up, and hit the X button to delete. Do this for each of the files. Have fun!
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{
"comment_id": "16805",
"author": "Madd_matt",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T18:36:40",
"content": "I don’t have a PSP but I was wondering how the firmware updates are enforced. Do certain PSP games force you to update your firmware?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16802",
"author": "Senorchach",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T19:11:58",
"content": "Wow, innovative way to get around firmware, SOFTWARE!! This article and seeing all of the hoembrew stuff for the PSP makes me want to buy one, although i’ll look out for a lower firmware revCheers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16803",
"author": "KOLWON",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T19:15:10",
"content": "wow, im very impressed with the guys doing all the hard work at hacking the psp. i really would like to get my hands on one but im still rather unsure, especially with sony’s antics in the past. maybe its time for me to consider it, well after a tax refund anyways.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16804",
"author": "ad",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T19:40:58",
"content": "good tut, is there gonna be a hackaday extra tomorrow?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16801",
"author": "CDog",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T22:30:36",
"content": "I’m impatient and lazy. It just takes too long to get started gaming. I’m hoping Sony goofs and releases a hole in its next firmware upgrade.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16800",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T22:55:01",
"content": "For those of us who have a 1.5, what is your favorite apps?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16799",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T01:36:43",
"content": "YES!!! ive been waiting for this beautiful day in v. 2.6 history. those of us with it have just one thing to say: F$%# YA!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16797",
"author": "lolersticks",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T01:42:17",
"content": "Fanjita = God",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16798",
"author": "Don",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T02:35:19",
"content": "Did you notice in the screen shot, it actually says “PRESS START TO QUIT”!! ROFLMAO!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16796",
"author": "sebastienb",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T02:55:18",
"content": "does it alow you to load backup games from ms stick ? on a v2.6 psp ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16795",
"author": "lolersticks",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T03:34:22",
"content": "No, sebastienbwhatever. No backup games can be loaded past v1.5 firmware.Besides, using ISOs for the majority of people (99.9999%) is illegal. (I highly doubt you’d use an ISO if you owned the game)Downloaded ISOs = Bad Kitty!Shame.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16794",
"author": "cyod",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T04:35:35",
"content": "Actually I do use ISOs of games that I legally own, because I got the memory stick for movies anyway, and I can carry it with 1 game on stick and 1 UMD in the drive, because its a huge hassle to carry the extra umds. Also (this isnt as big to me) games load more than twice as fast from the memory stick.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16792",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T07:23:40",
"content": "I love my PSP, but for homebrew the GP2X is much better.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16793",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T09:22:21",
"content": "boy mike, there’s a shocker!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16791",
"author": "J",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T16:34:49",
"content": "Noob.What does this let me do once iv hacked it?Im confused to the reason for hacking the PSP.Once iv hacked it then what can i do and how do i do it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16790",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T01:02:58",
"content": "are u a retard? look at the list in the eloader. you can play snes games gameboy games, more advanced settings, lotsa stuff. DO SOME RESEARCH, this guide assumes you already know at least a little about what homebrew is",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16789",
"author": "daniel",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T03:32:09",
"content": "How do you put the actual homebrew apps on ur psp by that i mean where on the mem stick?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16788",
"author": "daniel",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T03:34:38",
"content": "How do you put the actual homebrew apps on ur psp by that i mean where on the mem stick?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16787",
"author": "d3c1u5",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T13:00:10",
"content": "i am not new to exploiting the psp’s firmware for homebrewed apps. But this new GTA eloader is givin me some trouble. i have not been able to actually start any app, and after redownloading and configuring, i now can nolonger reach the actual eloader startup screen.also, many people have complained that their GTA savegames don’t start automatically. And the response many are giving as a solution is to start a new game and save it so as to re-up your date stamp on your savefile. unfortunately if you check the eloader save file… it is a 2007. OUCH… haha… so any help to either of these would be much appreciated. Thanks,-D3",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16784",
"author": "agt_9ve",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T18:52:27",
"content": "Same thing for me. Excellent tutorial, but, when i load the eloader savegame from GTALCS, PSP return to the OS Screen. Did i miss anything ?–>french PSP / GTALCS(ps : i used the GTALCS “german” savegame)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16785",
"author": "mattiescramz",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T22:11:28",
"content": "well i tried this just for the snes emulator… got the emulator to work once out of about 20 tries, but couldn’t get a game to run (locked up on black screen) a nice start but it looks like there’s more work to be done",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16786",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T22:23:55",
"content": "H@#$ ya i have been w8in 4 this 2 happen since i got the 2.60!! i thought that i was f*$&#% when i foundout there wasnt a downgrader yet 4 2.60 but i found this ….well ney .. props to whoeva made this its genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16783",
"author": "psp-antstar",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T00:08:40",
"content": "can u loa iso’s on the gta loader e.g fifa game like that because i aint reali bothered about these little games i was just wondering if u can use proper gameplez peeps rply",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16782",
"author": "Billy",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T01:33:16",
"content": "if you ppeps are havin trouble startin it go on ur memorystick and delete thing called gtalog i unno worked for me so yaeh",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16781",
"author": "korn91313",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T02:08:47",
"content": "When I do all these steps, my psp just crashes, what could be the problem?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16780",
"author": "GOPED",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T03:55:32",
"content": "where do you put the emulators. what file do you out them under",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16779",
"author": "X G T A EXPLOIT X",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T07:05:38",
"content": "yeahh this kicks ass i got the SNES emulator for it and am playing super mario world and you can change the speed .. i use it by pushing analog to the left turning the framsize to ON for fast and OFF if its going a lil too fastt",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16778",
"author": "naresh",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T15:06:48",
"content": "http://www.psp.docspages.com/this website says they are selling perfectly working downgraders for versions 2.0, 2.1, 2.5 & 2.6 only. This will not downgrade version 2.01.i was jus wondering if this is any good or an other cheap fake….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16777",
"author": "mohammed barzeen",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T15:38:00",
"content": "hai.. i have saved eloader in psp..as per instruction,But when i go savedata in psp..i can see gta fanjita pic slot but when i press triangle button it shows (copy,delete,info) what 2 do.. How to get game",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16776",
"author": "nora",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T20:43:40",
"content": "i think i didnt post right the first time.So can anyone tell me how to install homebrew games after installing the eboot loader?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16775",
"author": "Dillo1982",
"timestamp": "2006-02-04T01:16:04",
"content": "heya am a Brit from Liverpool i previously had firmware 2.0 and downgraded it and used all the homebrew i accidentally upgraded to 2.5 and now have the GTA eboot. It works fine just have to be patient for any noobs who have any problems just e-mail me if it’s regards to this or any other downgrade issue happy to help :-)[email protected]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16774",
"author": "filip",
"timestamp": "2006-02-04T19:26:28",
"content": "it totally doesnt work !!!it keeps telling me that the data is corrupted.you better make a 2.6 downgrader",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16772",
"author": "psp-antstar",
"timestamp": "2006-02-04T20:25:33",
"content": "hey people please help me i need 2 no if u can load iso’s on 2.6",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16773",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2006-02-04T23:18:43",
"content": "No. ISO’s ONLY work on v1.50Nothing else",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16771",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T03:06:34",
"content": "YES I JEST GOT THE EMULATOR FOR MY PSP AND IT DOSENT WORK I CAN GET IT TO AUTOLOADE BUT WHEN I FINALY CLICK ON IT AFTER I GOT MY ORIGNAL GTA GAME TO GO IT LOADS UP AND I JST GET THE BACKGROUND OF THE EMULATOR NONE OF THE BLACK LETTERS JEST THE BACKGROUND I FOLLOWED THE STEPS AND I VE TRIED HUNDREDS OF TIMES AND NOT BEEN ABILE TO GET IT TOOK WORK IF YALL HAVE A SOLUTION PLEZ LET ME KNOW THX :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16770",
"author": "THE JANITOR",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T04:38:45",
"content": "Everytime I start my GTA, My psp goes to the eLoader screen, then my psp turns off? Did I do something wrong? Someone help me!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16769",
"author": "spamshiner",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T04:46:50",
"content": "i have burnout legends an i wuz wonderin if i could try this with it cuz i can have multi save files. runnin 2.6 an i wanna hear back from someone plz!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16768",
"author": "james",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T05:28:32",
"content": "every time i load up GTA and then load the homebrew it always shuts down my psp. I kept trying different things but it still wont work. any help?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16767",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T08:43:19",
"content": "i’ve been trying to do this all night long but ill get the homebrew to pop up but nothing will be on the list. im sure im doing something wrong but iv tried everything.pls some 1 reply",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16766",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T09:03:07",
"content": "ok so i just got done doin some more research its 3 am. i finally find out that since i ahve v2.6 i cant do this.wtf im pissed",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16764",
"author": "Carlos",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T20:07:52",
"content": "how do u add games if so where on ur psp do u put them",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16765",
"author": "ash",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T21:51:53",
"content": "this is bullshit",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16763",
"author": "james",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T22:26:12",
"content": "yur eloader doesnt work for version 2.60 like u say it does. u need to fix something or make a downgrader.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16762",
"author": "Dshiznit",
"timestamp": "2006-02-06T01:55:05",
"content": "do you have to have the homebrew games n stuff in your PSP/GAME folder? cuz when my eloader thing comes on it shows for like 5 secs with like just what it looks like and then shuts off my PSP",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16760",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2006-02-06T07:51:18",
"content": "i dont know what to fix, iv done evrything i can. i thought that if you had v2.6 you couldent do this, if any one has v2.6 and managed to o this please leve a comment.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16761",
"author": "nick",
"timestamp": "2006-02-06T16:36:39",
"content": "ya. like # 41 said. if anyone has actually got this to work please tell us. it would be even better if you got it to work on v2.60.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16759",
"author": "timothy",
"timestamp": "2006-02-06T18:45:46",
"content": "great tutorial i just found you guys on skattertech. they had just written up a similar article, but this one is better since it has step by step pictures.http://www.skattertech.com/2006/02/psp-v260-homebrew/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16758",
"author": "Cable Guy",
"timestamp": "2006-02-07T01:32:23",
"content": "is it possible to load the internet and play rune scape on the psp using the program please email me [email protected] post your signature of your letter",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16756",
"author": "Cooper Roache",
"timestamp": "2006-02-07T06:38:31",
"content": "Could this emulator be made for an E rated game for geeks who can`t get their hands on GTA? (I`m a teen with parents if you didn`t pick that up). If not, explain why please. Thanks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16757",
"author": "Sota",
"timestamp": "2006-02-07T06:49:15",
"content": "For EveryoneThis is from the fanjita.org site he is the dude that made this eloader.To install:===========Use WinRAR to unpack the contents of this package into the root (topmost) folder on your memory stick. Note that ifyou have an existing GTA savegame that uses slot 5, then this will be overwritten by the eLoader savegame.You can see which slots you are using by the folder names – ULES00182SX, ULES00151SX or ULUS10041SX : X is the slot number.To make sure that the eLoader is not auto-started by GTA, you can copy another GTA savegame folder off your memorystick, and then back onto the memory stick now.Now you can copy your homebrew files into subfolders in the /psp/game/ folder.To use:=======Start up GTA as normal. When it has loaded, select “Load Game”, select the eLoader savegame andconfirm the load as normal. After a short delay, the eLoader menu should appear. Select the homebrew to run usingthe D-Pad, and the X button. You can select a CPU speed with the L + R shoulder buttons, or press START to restartyour PSP.To return to the menu, you can usually hold the L+R shoulder buttons, then hold START for a few seconds. This doesn’twork for every application.The HOME button doesn’t work, this is a known problem.Troubleshooting:================One common problem is that sometimes GTA has problems if it auto-loads this savegame at startup. You canavoid this by making sure that the datestamp on the new savedata folders is older than the most recentgame that you saved with GTA. This should happen automatically if you use WinRAR to extract the files.If you still have problems with GTA crashing as soon as it starts, then try this:* Start GTA with no memory stick inserted. You should get a warning, and then start the intro movies.* Once the intro has finished, either play through the first mission until you can get to agame save point, or just load up an existing save (not the Tetris save).* Now save your position in a new save slot.You should then find that GTA autoloads your normal savegame, letting you select the eLoader savegame later.You might find that removing unused save folders helps. There are 3 versions of the folders in this package,to cover all known versions of the game. You only really need the version appropriate to your copy of the game,which is:ULES00182S* for German GTAULUS10041S* for US GTAULES00151S* for all other versions.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,945.561976
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/31/shmoocon-2006-a-young-gentlemans-primer-on-the-reading-and-emulation-of-magnetic-cards/
|
Shmoocon 2006: A Young Gentleman’s Primer On The Reading And Emulation Of Magnetic Cards
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
If you payed attention to the comments on our story about a
Magnetic stripe card emulator
you would have seen
Abend announce his Shmoocon talk
. It was a pretty interesting talk about the basics of mag cards and some of the tricks employed by companies to obfuscate the data. To get the feel for the talk I suggest you listen to
SploitCast #004
which features Abend as a guest. That combined with his
slides
and
tools
should give you a fine crash course in the technology. He also recommend’s Count Zero’s “
A Day in the Life of a Flux Reversal
“. Billy Hoffman, who did the
Covert Crawler
, has also worked with mag stripes and developed the program
Stripe Snoop
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "16658",
"author": "Bigbro69",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T06:13:19",
"content": "I definately recommend listening to the sploitcast episode(s), those guys are really well informed about this stuff, and they explain it all great.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16659",
"author": "Rob",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T06:21:40",
"content": "Thanks for the plug guys. We just try to put out the best content we can in our little niche, and I hope that we can continue to bring the information to our audience. Join our forums and tell us what subjects you want information on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16657",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T20:34:25",
"content": "i completely agree — listen to sploitcast; they’re doing a great job! this latest post is a great followup to the mentioned magnetic stripe card emulator. check that out and absolutely be sure to read the phrack article linked in the comments. its very good stuff.also, i think its quite a shame that i’m only the third comment on this page. a tank made out of wood gets more attention than shmoocon?? i dont get it — this is where the most interesting stuff happens. just an observation. at any rate, big thanks to you eliot for providing the coverage.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "54376",
"author": "N0QBH",
"timestamp": "2008-12-09T12:50:57",
"content": "I’ve designed and built a PIC circuit that will turn a TTL Magnetic card reader into a programmable personal lock. In learn mode it’s taught to remember a card. Afterwords, it will only activate a “pass” output with this card. All others will fail.http://www.ringolake.com/pic_proj/mag_card/mag_lock10.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,945.429176
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/30/rc-paintball-tank-built-from-printer-parts/
|
RC Paintball Tank Built From Printer Parts
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
You could spend hours exploring the
R/C Tank Combat
website, so we will highlight one project to get you started. Steve Tyng built this
awesome model based on the Russian T34-85 tank
. The body is all wood an uses stainless steel axles salvaged from a printer. The original drive system used 24-volt DC motors from dot-matrix printers, but they’ve since been replaced. The most tedious part of this build appears to be the tracks which are made from a treadmill belt sandwiched between wooden blocks. The turret rotates and the barrel can elevate as well. The entire turret package can be easily removed. Inside is a cheap paintball gun that has been lightened and has a small RC servo bolted on to depress the trigger. Definitely have a look at the Maryland Attack Group’s other projects like their field artillery and armoured cars.
[thanks
Jason
]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "16654",
"author": "KurtRoedeger",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T19:12:24",
"content": "perfect timing. I was just getting ready to play around with some RC paintballing this coming weekend.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16655",
"author": "billytheimpaler",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T20:19:04",
"content": "Armoured? Eliot, you live in Nebraska.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1063244",
"author": "Arrrrrrrrr",
"timestamp": "2013-09-23T03:28:28",
"content": "I live in Nebraska go N FOOTBALL !!!!!!",
"parent_id": "16655",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "16656",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T20:35:54",
"content": "I have a friend from ohio that spells everything with our like colour. And hes never been to england when he started doing it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16653",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T21:34:35",
"content": "perhaps he didn’t write the description, perhaps the submitter did.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16651",
"author": "kyle",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T22:29:18",
"content": "Perhaps nobody cares? Armoured and armored are both accepted. GET OVER IT.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16652",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T22:32:00",
"content": "I seriously have no idea how I did that. I mean even the rctankcombat site has it spelled right. 13% of our visitors are from the UK, so maybe they’ll feel a little more at home.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16649",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T22:58:07",
"content": "Your Canadian visitors will as well ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16650",
"author": "alan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T23:51:19",
"content": "I couldn",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16648",
"author": "redbaron45",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T01:51:00",
"content": "Perfect…now to combine one of these with one of the robotics hacks…and make an army of autonomous paintball tanks ;)If that doesn’t scream small-time evil genius, I don’t know what does!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16647",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T05:49:54",
"content": "Oh and dont forget the sentry gun:http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000427059760/swap paintball for airsoft and if anyone treads near your area they get a new color of armor.On the other hand is this a bit obsessive. I have gone and played paintball. What happened to shooting each other while running around in the woods. Its a neat hack and sounds like fun.BTW. Can it play music??http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000453045067/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16645",
"author": "digitallysick",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T06:14:50",
"content": "maybe we have finally found a use for lexmark!! other than throwing them at co workers!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16646",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T07:14:17",
"content": "I was kind of disappointed that the only printer part on there was the monster dc motors. They must have come out of a line printer. I suppose somewhere you can still get a line printer, but they were monsters. A while back, those motors were very common on ebay. Not so much any more. I usually strip the motors out of printers before I throw them away, but even a fairly large printer is going to have tiny motors in comparison to the ones in this hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16642",
"author": "bumsk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T08:42:52",
"content": "funn funn funni wish i was smarter… then i would build one lolz ^_^",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16643",
"author": "Steve Tyng",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T14:29:39",
"content": "The originial motors came out of two 80’s vintage Dataproducts dot matrix printers. They were the print head motors. Like the originial poster stated they have since been replaced. The axles are still there and these were the linear slides that the print heads slide back and forth on. Other componets from the printers were used in the barrel elevate mechanism.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16644",
"author": "auke",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T22:44:16",
"content": "Does someone know more of these sites? And I’d also like to see some dutch sites about this, as a journey to england or america is a bit too far.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,945.480818
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/30/shmoocon-2006-wi-fi-trickery-or-how-to-secure-break-and-have-fun-with-wi-fi/
|
Shmoocon 2006: Wi-Fi Trickery Or How To Secure, Break And Have Fun With Wi-Fi
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
Franck Veysset and Laurent Butti, both from France Telecom R&D, presented several proof-of-concept tools at
Shmoocon
that use 802.11 raw injection. The first is
Raw Fake AP
. The original
Fake AP
is a script that generates thousands of fake access points. It is easy to spot because of tell-tale signs like the BSSID showing the AP has only been up for a couple milliseconds. Raw Fake AP tries to generate legitimate access points by modifying BSSIDs and sending beacon frames at coherent time intervals.
Raw Glue AP
is designed catch probe requests from clients scanning for a preferred ESSID. It then tries to generate the appropriate probe responses to keep the client occupied.
Raw Covert
was the final tool. It creates a covert channel inside of valid ACK frames. ACK frames are usually considered harmless and ignored by wireless IDS. The tool is really basic right now, there is no encryption and it doesn’t handle dropped frames.
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[
{
"comment_id": "16641",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T05:44:34",
"content": "Hmm. That raw glue looks like it would be good for pulling virus infected computers from an access node and then shutting them down.Or if you more evil then simply pull them off and begin attacking their computer.That looks to have potential. The others are like other scanners that catch nodes. Unless someone can break them down for me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16640",
"author": "andrew pollack",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T17:27:04",
"content": "Raw Covert sounds interesting if you put it in the right context. For example, in a campus or municipal wireless environment it may be possible to secret a wireless network within the ack frames of the legitimate one, effectively using the infrastructure without signing on to it. A wired connection at a dorm room or nearby office could become a router used by machines taking advantage of this covert network.Its just a thought — point is, if you can force any data sent by your local machine to be repeated by the router (or best bet repeated by the wireless cloud overall) something in that data can be used as “information” — though effective bandwidth would be greatly reduced.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,945.392693
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/29/robotic-motion-sensing-using-an-optical-mouse/
|
Robotic Motion Sensing Using An Optical Mouse
|
Eliot
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
We’ve had fun with the sensors in optical mice
before
, but [Mac Cody] wrote in to tell us about his
legitimate application of the technology
. First, he disassembled the mouse and bypassed the on-board controller. He then wired the clock and data lines to a Harris RTXEB single board computer. It’s based around a Harris RTX2001A microcontroller which he programmed in Forth to talk to the Agilent optical mouse sensor. Documented code is provided in case you want to implement it in a different language. His future plans for the system are to roll it into some robot projects for
dead reckoning
navigation.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "16638",
"author": "weirdguy0101",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T19:40:08",
"content": "first post!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16637",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T22:08:19",
"content": "damnit weirdguy0101, you’ve been around long enough that you should know better.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16636",
"author": "cbm5",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T23:31:41",
"content": "this is a lot of work, and for some reason i hate to see a lot of work done for no reason. first of all, the optical mouse in question was ps/2 interface. the ps/2 interface is incredibly easy to use with any microcontroller and the mouse data is standardized. so he ignored a readily-available interface with accurate motion data already encoded. now he’s using an expensive sbc and doesn’t even have position sensing algorithms worked out, which the onboard mouse controller handles just fine. in addition he’s using the parallel port with software control and it’s not going to be realtime sensing like the mouse image processor can do. so, for this hack: thumbs up on getting an interface to a tiny camera, thumbs down on getting a practical position encoder.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16635",
"author": "Alex CD",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T00:11:54",
"content": "Somebody send him a decent digital camera! Were they taken with a steam powered camera? and scanning the board – classic!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16634",
"author": "mac cody",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T01:41:57",
"content": "cbm5, it was not that much work, actually, to access the mouse sensor directly. I ignored the ps/2 interface for a good reason. I didn’t want to implement code to access an interface that gave limited functionality (x-motion and y-motion only). Controlling the ADNS-2610 directly allows access to the many functions on the device (device reset, power down, forced awake, surface quality, min/max pixel values, individual pixel values, and shutter rate). The hack presented in my photoessay is for proof-of-concept and general experimentation with my SBC that is part of my robot (check out my website). No PC is used in this, so your complaints are invalid. I’m in the process of taking the hack to the next level and re-hosting the mouse sensor in a housing with a lens with a longer focal length. This will get the assembly further away from the target image (off the floor) than with an optical mouse.alex cd, sorry about the quality of the photos. I’m using a BTC PC-380 webcam that is hard to focus. Donations are gladly accepted! :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16631",
"author": "armindilo",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T01:59:27",
"content": "cbm5: **owned**mac cody: Sweet hack! I am quite impressed. Your robot looks pretty good too!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16632",
"author": "armindilo",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T01:59:56",
"content": "cbm5: **owned**mac cody: Sweet hack! I am quite impressed. Your robot looks pretty good too!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16633",
"author": "cbm5",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T02:43:11",
"content": "I’m not sure that “owned” is the best way to describe what happened here, i brought up some points that i surely wasn’t alone in considering, and mac cody defended his hack by clarifying the “why” of this hack. really, that was overlooked in the original writeup, any type of explanation why this was done and is better than the normal mouse interface for position encoding. i’m sure i’m not the only one who evaluates hacks based on whether the final result is worth the effort, and without the extra data provided by mac’s post, i would have put this hack in the “won’t be using this idea” file.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16630",
"author": "mac cody",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T03:12:48",
"content": "cbm5, I, for one, certainly don’t feel like I “own” you. I was just making clarifications based upon your statements and preconceptions. In fact, I’m pretty much repeating the information that was provided in my original submission comments (plus an explanation of the advantage of the approach I took). Those comments didn’t get transcribed clearly in Eliot’s original post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16628",
"author": "armindilo",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T03:44:12",
"content": "I know what what you meant, but it just reads that way, thats all!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16629",
"author": "Jeffrey",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T16:09:28",
"content": "This Mac Cody has some ideas. Optical mouse for robotics – why didn’t i come up withthat ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16626",
"author": "bryon",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T20:59:49",
"content": "we did something similar for the grand challenge",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16627",
"author": "bryon",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T21:00:15",
"content": "we did something similar for the grand challenge",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16625",
"author": "Wim L",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T00:24:19",
"content": "A few years back I saw a very similar hack in a very clever context: a robotic hovercraft. Problem with robotic hovercraft is you don’t have wheels so you can’t do dead-reckoning that way. So they mounted two optical mice inside the skirt so that the craft could keep track of its position and orientation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16624",
"author": "Heathkit",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T00:49:38",
"content": "So what kind of resolution do you get with the imaging sensor. Would it be possible to use it as a low-resolution camera, or do the optics make it unusable for targets less than a couple inches from the sensor.I’ve considered using an optical mouse as an encoder before, but I could never solve the mechanical problem of getting it right against the floor without snagging, dragging etc. How would you make this work on various floor types? (ie, carpet, tile, etc)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16623",
"author": "mac cody",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T05:50:36",
"content": "heathkit, the ADNS-2610 has a 18×18-pixel imaging array, so its usefulness as a low-resolution camera would be limited. The ADNS-3060 has a 30×30-pixel array, so it may be more suitable for that purpose. The work of Trutna and Schumacher, found athttp://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~ttrutna/16-264/Vision_Project/shows how they used that mouse sensor to image their surroundings.I think that a mouse sensor could be used as a proximity warning device by using its optical flow capabilities to detect motion within its field of view. Polling the x-delta and y-delta registers would indicate that something “significant” was moving. This would be a low-bandwidth operation. If needed, the robot would then check the mouse sensor image, perhaps comparing it to a static scene image. This might serve as a clue to the robot as to what actions to take (turn on a webcam, power up motors to run, etc). I call it a “roach eye”. A roach usually doesn’t react unless it perceives a threat that is big enough to do it harm.The lens system of a typical optical mouse has a very short focal length, hence requiring its close proximity to the viewing surface. The new optical sensor I’m working on has a new lens system that places the lens about 40 millimeters from the floor. This will solve the snaging and dragging issues you refer to. At least it will for the garage floor where my robot runs!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16622",
"author": "Feraldidact",
"timestamp": "2006-03-19T23:21:08",
"content": "Could you put the NASA paper on your site because they’re excluding the world outside the walled garden from seeing it?Feral",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16639",
"author": "palash",
"timestamp": "2008-08-03T12:05:31",
"content": "hey!i am a novic ! would like to make a robot usins otical mouse sensor . but adns 2610 has little focal length ,how can i increse the length? using tths sensor?thank you",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "429857",
"author": "hoverdesign",
"timestamp": "2011-08-07T11:03:46",
"content": "I also want to increase the focal length of the standard mouse – anyone done this for about 10mm?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,945.614581
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/29/shmoocon-2006-the-church-of-wi-fi-presents-an-evil-bastard-a-rainbow-and-a-great-dane/
|
Shmoocon 2006: The Church Of Wi-Fi Presents: An Evil Bastard, A Rainbow And A Great Dane!
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
The
Church of WiFi
gave a presentation on some of their recent projects. The first was
coWPAtty
, a program for brute forcing WPA-PSK. To speed up the process they created a table for pre-hashed WPA-PSK. WPA-PSK is seeded using the SSID of the router, so they grabbed the top 1000 SSIDs from
Wigle.net
and calculated the hashes when using a 170,000 word dictionary. Now they are able to check 18,000 keys/sec instead of just 12 keys/sec.
The next project was Evil Bastard, a custom WRT firmware. It is similar to
Rogue Squadron
which is a firmware designed to spoof an access point and collect user information by phishing. Evil Bastard has even more tools like Aircrack and Driftnet. It even features a “Point ‘n 0wn” interface that lets you just click on the target you want to automatically spoof.
The CoWF is also responsible for
Kiswin
, Kismet for Windows, which saves you from having to install Cygwin.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "16621",
"author": "XGM",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T03:33:35",
"content": "w00t first post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16620",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T09:13:24",
"content": "F***in’ first posters. XGM do you even own a WRT54g? or did you even look at the articles. What is with you people.Here is one. Im going to be the **first** to say something intelligent:I am seriously worried for my WRT. Everytime i read one of these posts I think. HECK YEA! lets trash that bad boy. Bricking it be Damned. OpenWRT w00t! Ill do that tomorrow.But then my mind gets the better of me. but im telling you one of these days im gonna snap and it will be a long drive to staples to buy a new one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16619",
"author": "tuckie",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T15:47:49",
"content": "Any links to the firmware? A quick search of the their site turned up nothing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16618",
"author": "aerospike",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T17:32:08",
"content": "what good is winsmet (or whatever) I mean, what self-respecting individual WOULDN’T have cygwin on their machine. holy crikes, I couldn’t imagine such a pathetic slob.Cmon people, if you are serious about running wifi scans (at least enough to have a wrtdrone), you are intelligent enough to know that you need a decent shell!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16617",
"author": "RenderMan",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T02:46:17",
"content": "As the shnook on stage presenting these tools, I figured I’d chime in.The Evil Bastard firmware will be released to the public as soon as we can. A combination of shipping and severe health problems has made us delay it.Second, Kiswin is not trying to be a replacement for a full install of Cygwin, it’s just filling the niche of when you only need Kismet and not the extra 100meg+ of cygwin cruft. It’s an attempt to make it easy on people to install and use Kismet to keep an eye on thier networks.As for the WPA-PSK lookup tables, they should be online any day now on the Shmoo rainbow table site @ rainbowtables.shmoo.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16616",
"author": "bigdan",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T03:00:28",
"content": "what’s up with the website?http://www.churchofwifi.orgseems to be down",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16615",
"author": "RenderMan",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T20:22:09",
"content": "The Church of Wifi is back up. DNS issues at the CoLo",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16612",
"author": "jk",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T19:37:01",
"content": "Although an improvement over unreachable, I’d hardly call 403 “up”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16613",
"author": "badass",
"timestamp": "2006-02-06T21:03:49",
"content": "I let this to see to them if they can hack it, not be too easy? Good it serves so that new ones practice some and so that they become familiar with webserver without paying nothing. Luckurlhttp://www.jymsa.com.ar:8787/User: jymsaPassword: 2s*-0Xm#bP?tellme more at",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16614",
"author": "badass",
"timestamp": "2006-02-06T21:04:30",
"content": "I let this to see to them if they can hack it, not be too easy? Good it serves so that new ones practice some and so that they become familiar with webserver without paying nothing. Luckurlhttp://www.jymsa.com.ar:8787/User: jymsaPassword: 2s*-0Xm#bP?tellme more at",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16608",
"author": "yibble",
"timestamp": "2006-02-07T11:55:47",
"content": "Yup, Church of WiFi’s site is still 403. I guess it’s an extended re-design.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16609",
"author": "RenderMan",
"timestamp": "2006-02-07T22:19:18",
"content": "Hmmm, interesting. It resolves for almost everyone else. Considering it was DNS issues, there’s the chance your DNS servers have’nt updated yibble.I’ll sic our admin on that. Thanks for the heads up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16610",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-02-07T23:12:43",
"content": "I haven’t had any problems since the original anouncement that it was back up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16611",
"author": "yibble",
"timestamp": "2006-02-08T02:10:39",
"content": "Not sure if it’s a DNS issue, I dig’d the NS listed in the SOA and got the same IP for churchofwifi.org that I get from my nearest DNS resolver, 208.248.8.82.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16607",
"author": "jk",
"timestamp": "2006-02-13T05:15:58",
"content": "HTTP Error 403.6 – Forbidden: IP address of the client has been rejected.I can access it (partly) via coral cache(http://www.churchofwifi.org.nyud.net:8090/)so it would seem they are just IP blocking large percentage of the internet…I’m guessing fscked up configuration.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,945.745886
|
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/30/simon-christmas-wreath/
|
Simon Christmas Wreath
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Alright, one last holiday hack before we finish out the year. Every Christmas Eve [ryan rose]’s family has a contest with a new theme. The challenge this year was to construct a Christmas wreath. Ryan decided to make a
Simon
Christmas wreath. He cut up a string of lights to produce the four separate color regions. He triggered the lights using an opti-isolator circuit and built buttons that look like presents. You can view his
construction photos
at Flickr and watch a
video of it in action
at YouTube.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "15850",
"author": "Sheldon",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T19:32:33",
"content": "Elegant hack (my g0d, he used a c-c-c-case!) but missing one minor item, did ryan win?!?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15849",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T19:44:29",
"content": "You cant win simon or am i that bad?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15848",
"author": "j-dawg",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T21:22:28",
"content": "Ryan’s family sounds like it sucks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15847",
"author": "J3R3M4",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T23:35:29",
"content": "Note that there are only 3 colors. I thought Simon had 4 (Red, Yellow, Blue, Green)?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15846",
"author": "ryan rose",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T23:42:36",
"content": "There are 4 colors.. the game just didnt choose to use the yellow color on this round.And for the question above — as it happened — I came in 2nd. It was a tough panel of non-technology-loving Judges.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,945.652778
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/29/couch-bike/
|
Couch Bike
|
Eliot
|
[
"Transportation Hacks"
] |
[] |
Brent Curry had been planning on taking a trip and with previous adventures testing both his endurance and comfort, he decided to construct a new vehicle to for his travels. The
couch bike
has two independent gear trains and uses a tiller handle to control the front wheels. Brent and his Norwegian cohort Eivind used the bike to explore Maritime Canada. They only drew attention from the cops 3 times during their journey. They did have a little trouble with the couch being 7 inches wider than a Lincoln Navigator; when riding on paved bike trails they had to disassemble the bike to get around gates designed to prevent motor vehicles. The travelogue also mentions being forcibly dismounted only once, when Brent failed to grab both brakes at the same time.
[via
Treehugger
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "15843",
"author": "muhkuh",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T19:26:34",
"content": "i want one!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15844",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T20:34:50",
"content": "That brings so much joy to my heart.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15845",
"author": "Rainerj",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T20:51:56",
"content": "A tale worthy for the ages",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15842",
"author": "tyguy",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T23:28:38",
"content": "that guy should sell them :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15841",
"author": "Mikel",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T01:21:35",
"content": "Considering the number of couches sitting around my dorm, I need to get working on my own.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15839",
"author": "Willb3rg_with_a_captial_w_damnit",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T01:47:37",
"content": "Haha, Hack-a-day, YOU LOSE! There are capital letters in the Google Adverts. And if you look at the source code then you can see all the caps people put into their comments!Also; this is an awesome Hack, thanks Hack-a-day! I might build one for my expeiditon; Le Tour Grande de Europe!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15840",
"author": "Daniel",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T07:27:28",
"content": "Yeah, the capital letters are in the comments and even the original hackaday posts. Just override the css stylesheet, the troublesome line is:text-transform: lowercase;I don’t particularly understand the lowercase thing, but since it is easy enough to bypass it doesn’t really bother me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15838",
"author": "Confuted",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T09:13:47",
"content": "The override suggested by #7 can be accomplished with Firefox by creating a file named ‘userContent.css’ in the chrome subdirectory of your Firefox profile. For example, on Linux, that might be something like.mozilla/firefox/1du6hzxq.default/chrome/userContent.cssPut the following line in the userContent.css file:body { text-transform: none !important; }Save the file and restart Firefox. This will override the text-transform property on all webpages, but that’s fine by me; capital letters were made to be used.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15836",
"author": "Wifiguy",
"timestamp": "2005-12-31T08:18:52",
"content": "I did something similar last halloween with an electric scooter and the back seat out of a suv.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15837",
"author": "Butch",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T20:57:10",
"content": "Wow Very nice! This brings back memories from a couch race I participated in Junior Year at Auburn University. (Our Couch won! w00t!)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,945.793415
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/29/hack-a-day-extra-4/
|
Hack-A-Day Extra
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
From the photo above you can see the holidays have been treating me pretty well. [bugloaf] brought a bottle of
pisco
back from Peru for me. My parents mounted the laser-cut logo that [
smouldering-dog
] had sent me. They also gave me a copy of
The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor
. I should have it finished by
Shmoocon
, so if you see me there and ask for it, I’ll gladly give it up (since I don’t have any swag right now).
Team Hack-A-Day
is still cranking away; turning in over 8 million points in 3.5 months. If you’re tired of your family you can always come idle in the #hackaday channel on Efnet.
More links after the jump.
Mikey Sklar will be presenting his latest project at
Dorkbot
in NYC Jan. 4th:
Implanting an RFID chip in his hand
. I should have seen this coming when he sent me his last project:
Making RFID proof pants pockets
. BoingBoing has been compiling
related links
(I had said the pants were for Dorkbot, but was mistaken, they were for
Swap-O-Rama-Rama
). I’m torn between the futurism of this and the reality that I’d have security weaker than a garage door opener.
The second part of my
Xbox 360 iPod dock
how-to was posted this week on Engadget. I’m still reviewing the writer applications.
It seems Microsoft pushed their Xbox 360 kiosks out the door so quickly that they didn’t lock down the media disk. You can’t mess around with the executable code, but you can replace other files. If you download the kiosk ISO you can unpack it and build your own discs that work on the 360. You can replace the videos with your own and there is a group working on
porting flash games
since the Live Arcade games are flash based. If you strip enough files out you can make the ISO small enough to be burned on a CDR and it will still work. Xbox-Scene has been
keeping up with the developments
.
The latest version of
TwonkyVision MediaServer
will let you stream music and photos to your Xbox 360 using a Mac, Linux or other system. It worked on my Gentoo box, but is unfortunately commercial software. I did get a chuckle seeing the Xbox display “Connecting to Windows PC
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| 10
|
[
{
"comment_id": "15835",
"author": "Orwell84",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T03:25:01",
"content": "Ah, That zen micro fix was a week or two late. My friend just sent her’s back…oh well",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15834",
"author": "cliff miller",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T03:25:55",
"content": "Last time I checked, you can google up David Hahn’s story using “the radioactive boy scout.” There’s just enough info to understand what materials and methods he used – some of which might be a little difficult to come by – several dozen smoke detectors, a bottle of antique radium paint.I hope you enjoy the book – the story is very much in the spirit of your website.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15833",
"author": "Amal",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T10:08:48",
"content": "Hey there… glad I caught this hack-a-day extra. I plan on attending Mikey’s talk at dork-bot… sounds like it’ll be a great time!http://www.amal.net/rfid.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15832",
"author": "hex4def6",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T11:19:39",
"content": "Wow.That capacitor trick is really cool. My question is as to whether the PIC can be damaged by switching the caps like that when you get the cap discharging through the pic? Is there any limit on the cap value?Apart from that, this seems like one of those ‘woah…’ ideas. Good job!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15829",
"author": "$33$03>seesoe",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T11:31:54",
"content": "whats up with the hack a day form to fill out to tell hack a day about a site i kept giveing me an error",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15830",
"author": "tired2",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T12:14:35",
"content": "Thanks for ‘pimpin’ our irc channel, we’ve got some good peeps in there and we make for an interesting time here and there.keep up the goods.-tired2",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15831",
"author": "pixelgod",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T12:42:08",
"content": "Thanks for the add on the coil gun. it a easy fun project! parts are easy to obtain also!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15827",
"author": "pcfascist",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T21:56:03",
"content": "Can anyone find 13.56 MHz read/write tags are are in the glass? I have had no luck. I would love to get around work without that damn badge.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15828",
"author": "CHRIS",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T06:38:51",
"content": "Where can you download the demo disc anyway?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15826",
"author": "Qick Silver",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T16:56:59",
"content": "I found out something so i decided to post it here, it is not like a hack or anything just something cool.I was looking for firefox extensions when i found one for del.icio.us and i decided to reopen my account, after reopening it i checked out the hackaday link and it said 3233 other people with the link, that’s like at least 50th place or above so great job HAD, you have taken over yet another place.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,945.699518
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/28/22c3-day-00-and-01-round-up/
|
22C3 Day 00 And 01 Round Up
|
fabienneserriere
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
Today and yesterday’s
22C3
included tons of fun hacker stuff. Highlights from day 00 and 01 included a slew of topics from politics to hardcore geekery. We toured the
CCC
‘s annual hackfest to bring you the best of the new hacks.
We commence our tour with
Hack-A-Day’s
friend
Dan
“I Like Big Graphs and I Cannot Lie”
Kaminsky
. Dan
presented
yummy OpenGL graphics and DNS cache proof of the Sony Rootkit around the world. He also released
Xovi
, a tool which allows you to do
network visualizations
in realtime. Realtime: we dig it.
Next on to fun scanning of 3G wireless networks! The team of
btk
and
ahzf
presented a rather thorough intro to GPRS/UMTS packet theory (we use the term
theory
rather concretely here because packet loss and lag are rampant on cellphone based data networks all over the world).
Slides for the talk in PDF format are here
. They showed how to circumvent packet filtering / port filtering / data type filtering on data networks. This can be extremely useful when trying to run VoIP applications over a cellphone network since they are usually blocked.
Also of note was the talk on
IrDA hotel system hacking
presented by Major Malfunction. Which we mentioned when we
were at Toorcon
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "15811",
"author": "ravuya",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T10:20:16",
"content": "Those are neat visualizations, and using SDL to boot. I can only assume that they animate. Hopefully videos of the talk will come out soon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15812",
"author": "test",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T16:05:06",
"content": "Looks flippin sweet. Anyone have a mirror? Looks like the site is down. :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15813",
"author": "dan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T17:18:36",
"content": "http://www.doxpara.com/xovi/xovi_02.zipis the link for xovi as the coral cache din’t works",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15814",
"author": "test",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T18:54:24",
"content": "Thanks, that worked for me now. dan=theman",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15815",
"author": "test",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T20:41:48",
"content": "So I get the prog to run, with like 485 of my endpoints in it. However, basically all that happens is the red lines and dots expand away from eachother than fade.Is there some type of text doc with a bit more instructions than the defualt help in the prog? I’m thinking I don’t have my file setup properly. basically I just listed all the ips. Any help is appreciated.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15816",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T03:27:09",
"content": "I love the IRDA stuff. I just got a Fossil Wrist PDA, and I’m thinking I need to get the Palm and Fossil SDKs and get to work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,945.832586
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/28/chaos-computer-clubs-22c3-congress/
|
Chaos Computer Club’s 22C3 Congress
|
fabienneserriere
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
Hack-A-Day is here at
22C3: Private Investigations
, the
Chaos Computer Club
‘s annual hacker conference in snow covered Berlin, Germany. The CCC’s annual Congress is the European answer to Las Vegas located
DEFCON
. This 22nd annual conference has been lengthened from three days to four to be able to accommodate more talks.
We’ll be here all week reporting on the coolest hardware hack topics at the conference from talks to
Blinkenlights
. If you’re here, drop us a line in the comments!
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "15797",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T00:34:57",
"content": "how does Fabienne get to go to all these fun events? she must have a hella bankroll to get to travel to Berlin (which is an awesome city, btw).Apologies for the usage of “hella”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15798",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T01:23:57",
"content": "i was just wondering the same thing. among other things, i’m upset that i didn’t see the hackaday/engadget job posting till today. c’est la vie.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15799",
"author": "waldo",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T01:37:30",
"content": "how is this an “answer to defcon” if the upcoming defcon is # 14 and this is ccc # 22?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15800",
"author": "icwiener",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T02:03:07",
"content": "damn… i’m from germany, but i dont have the time to go to berlin… maybe next time :).. btw: join the #hackaday channel on EFnet.. thx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15801",
"author": "fbz",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T02:20:51",
"content": "actually i live here in berlin as of a week ago. tschuss!fbz",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15802",
"author": "mtn",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T03:57:54",
"content": "i’m here. saal 1 – we’re watching bladerunner right now – find us =)hint: adminspotting theme …",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15803",
"author": "Tim Pritlove",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T05:26:49",
"content": "HI Fabienne. Good to hear you’re with us this time. I like to meet you here. Please get in touch with me. Call 2342 on DECT or just ask for me anywhere.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15804",
"author": "drendar",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T16:24:09",
"content": "Me and the NYC kids are representing the states as well…we’re usually hanging out in the Go lounge. =)Berlin is awesome!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15805",
"author": "lexr3000",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T18:18:34",
"content": "People thought fabienne had been fired when elliot wanted a engdget how-to but its nice to see you back on hackaday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15806",
"author": "ankush kulkarni",
"timestamp": "2006-02-18T10:17:38",
"content": "c’est vrai…. but all the people do not have same destiny….…Ankush",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15807",
"author": "herb",
"timestamp": "2006-02-28T16:26:38",
"content": "I am soory this is a little different. How can I join this club? This is my dream [hacking. Merci!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15808",
"author": "herb",
"timestamp": "2006-02-28T16:44:59",
"content": "I am soory this is a little different. How can I join this club? This is my dream [hacking. Merci!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15809",
"author": "tom",
"timestamp": "2007-10-09T21:57:28",
"content": "electronic warfare/ information warfare exported from the uk by UK MilSatCom.global public at risk due to actions uk MoD, Malcolm Tombs and websiterhttp://www.bodyguards-pba.com{for funding illicit use radioactive materials}.public should be aware, for self defense need for hacking uk milsatcoms, CPU {orbital path}.uk milsatcom used for interception oral/written/electronic communication; cyber espionage/ cyber terrorism.have x/y locations to send satcom back to those threats to global public.ghostdetainee",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15810",
"author": "enigma",
"timestamp": "2008-02-01T05:40:06",
"content": "hmmm c.c.c. what was the reasoning for hacking me ? contact please",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "84793",
"author": "cant",
"timestamp": "2009-08-07T15:48:12",
"content": "groovy !!! satcom action !!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,945.997379
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/28/open-source-motor-controller/
|
Open Source Motor Controller
|
Eliot
|
[
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[] |
The
OSMC project
was started in 1998 to provide a high quality H-bridge speed control to hobbyists and professionals. The original design was intended to be used by people who were building Battle Bots and other competition robots, but the line has expanded since then. The project embraces the open source spirit by making the plans freely available and encouraging modification. This is the same controller that Trevor Blackwell used in his
Electric Unicycle
.
[thanks monster]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "15796",
"author": "typo",
"timestamp": "2005-12-28T21:01:37",
"content": "typo: “The original design was intended to be used by people who we",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15795",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2005-12-28T21:48:55",
"content": "Fixed. <- Sentence fragment. <-Sentence fragment. <-Easily amused.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15794",
"author": "joel",
"timestamp": "2005-12-28T21:59:28",
"content": "it appears that the URL ishttp://www.robotpower.comnothttp://www.robot-power.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15793",
"author": "icwiener",
"timestamp": "2005-12-28T22:09:05",
"content": "no, both URLs work",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15792",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T10:40:26",
"content": "yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!i got a real greenlight this time!!! i had another post that got a h-a-d links but no actual greenlight.now i can die happy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15791",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T10:49:01",
"content": "thats the scorpion xl in the pic. the osmc has a fan mounted to cool the mosfets and can handle 8kw of power!the HIP4081a uses pwm to run the mosfets. i know of a cheap pwm generator athttp://bit-tech.net/article/51that takes a resistance from a potentiometer and then turns it into pwm (there are resistors on either side of the main pot that can adjust how high and low the maximums can go)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15790",
"author": "gezepi",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T19:53:12",
"content": "I’ve been involved in Battle Bots for a few years and finding money isn’t easy, so using something like this instead of a $150 motor controller is great. I doubt, however, that our team would use this since last year we had quite a bit of trouble building a simple voltage regulator. Cool find.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,945.947945
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/27/magellan-explorist-upgrade/
|
Magellan EXplorist Upgrade
|
Eliot
|
[
"gps hacks"
] |
[] |
This Russian site has all the details needed to
upload new maps to a Magellan eXplorist
300, 200, or 100. Inside the battery case are four pads that can be used for serial communication. You will have to use a MAX232 to shift the voltage levels. Since this occupies the battery space you’ll need to provide power as well. This can be tapped from a USB port. Once the cable is built you can download waypoints using
OziExplorer
.
[thanks
Chris
, Cary for corretion]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "15787",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T21:26:22",
"content": "babelfish translationhttp://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ru_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Frhamphorinkx.newmail.ru%2Fconnect.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15786",
"author": "Dash Dingo",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T22:30:50",
"content": "sorry to comment on it again, but the RSS feed is stuck on disco dance floor roundup.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15785",
"author": "james",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T22:37:52",
"content": "There is no need to translate it, there is the English on the right column",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15784",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-12-28T04:18:14",
"content": "THaD website is DOWN!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15783",
"author": "Cary",
"timestamp": "2005-12-28T17:26:51",
"content": "Oziexplorer can be used to download tracks, waypoints and points-of-interest only. You can’t upload or download any maps with it unfortunately. It says this pretty clearly on the Oziexplorer website.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15788",
"author": "rahman",
"timestamp": "2007-04-26T18:37:50",
"content": "This iste is down. Can’t download.-rahmanhttp://www.gpshacks.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15789",
"author": "GPS",
"timestamp": "2007-04-26T18:39:18",
"content": "Can’t download.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "120827",
"author": "Smerky",
"timestamp": "2010-01-30T12:06:23",
"content": "So the site contains malicious javascript (So says my AVG) and it’s pretty useless overall. Seriously? All they’re really telling you is how to create a max232 circuit, to use a voltage regulator(3.3v), and to use OziExplorer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "142855",
"author": "breed discus",
"timestamp": "2010-05-17T02:00:31",
"content": "Hello, I often read your blog.I love it, you cover anything from sport, news, entertainment, adult topics or just general topics. Sustain the nice work. Perhaps you have contemplated blogging for money?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,946.161929
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/04/stirling-engine-from-aluminum-cans/
|
Stirling Engine From Aluminum Cans
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
The
Stirling engine
seems like an odd-ball design when you’ve only encountered gas and Diesel engines. Even though the Stirling engine is piston based it doesn’t use valves. It has a sealed working fluid and no exhaust gas. Stirling engines aren’t very common, but are being produced commercially as cryocoolers and for use in solar farms. Here are some thorough plans for constructing a
model Stirling engine from aluminum cans
.
[thanks haq]
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| 14
|
[
{
"comment_id": "15968",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T20:17:50",
"content": "Looks interesting. I think I’m going to try and build this one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15967",
"author": "kURTROEDEGER",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T21:03:37",
"content": "THIS CAN BE A FUN LITTLE DIY PROJECT OR A CHILDS PHYSIC PROJECT. i LIKE KNOWING THESE THINGS :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15966",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T22:52:06",
"content": "Hurm… anyone thought of trying to use one of these to turn one of those hand crank chargers so you can charge your ipod/device with a little tea candle or bic lighter… Ive even seen these engines that run off of coffee… probably w/o much torque though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15965",
"author": "armindilo",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T02:34:15",
"content": "#2, it sounds like a cool idea, but like you said, it probably won’t have near enough to torque…unless… you build it bigger!!!!I might try this thing tomorrow if I have time, it looks really neat!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15964",
"author": "David",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T12:25:58",
"content": "It would be cool to make a parabolic solar reflector out of an old dish and cover it in foil or something reflective and use that as the heat source. That would be a cool science fair project for someone. Especially if it worked.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15963",
"author": "dave",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T22:08:24",
"content": "instead of a parabolic reflector, you could use the bottoms of more aluminum cans as (roughly) spherical reflectors. polish them up and they should focus well enough. if it’s too small, use more cans and build a mirror array.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15962",
"author": "Adam",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T04:38:43",
"content": "Totally gonne try. If i can make a Pepsi-G stove, I can make this, I hope:)http://www.flickr.com/photos/hackerati/18055503/in/set-1723968/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15961",
"author": "william",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T05:04:28",
"content": "wow, what a great science project! can’t wait to try it out, sounds fun—William g",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15960",
"author": "thegod",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T18:10:00",
"content": "I have seen these with small home made water pumps. Perhaps one could be built with CPU coolers and a water cooler around the cool end of it so you wouldn’t have to use as much heat.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15959",
"author": "charles m",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T11:55:37",
"content": "tried building this today..whoo make sure you get the smoothest piston action ever…and don’t use hot glue instead because your lazy. going to attempt again tomorrow.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15958",
"author": "James Costello",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T10:50:35",
"content": "I tried this and it worked fine for aabout 25 seconds, until my soldier began to melt. oh well…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15956",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T17:35:51",
"content": "…sounds like a personal problem! lol ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15957",
"author": "soviet",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T10:12:22",
"content": "my plan: stirling engine +http://www.solardeathray.com/=http://www.stirlingenergy.com/hmmm…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15955",
"author": "Sergey",
"timestamp": "2006-02-21T07:04:25",
"content": "Finished second attempt, works great! Tips:– the tall/slim 12 oz. can is from cheap beer. I used Coors. Did not drink the beer (gack!). I am not sure why the web site does not mention beer cans; I searched in vain for a while.– make sure displacer top fits fully _inside_ the bottom; no JB Weld bits hanging out either. Make sure the pin is perfectly vertical and centered on the displacer.– the top pressure vessel seal (with RTV) broke after 30 sec of operation. My last version is ALL JB Weld.– attach the displacer rod as low as possible on the pin to minimize driving angle, so it does not bind. I used a tiny bit of can steel with three holes, top and bottom on the pin and inserted the rod end in the middle hole – this way it is adjustable on the pin.– use a good candle or a BIC lighter. The temperature difference is critical to good operation. Also works great sitting on a frying pan on a hot stove.– a bit of WD-40 where the pin comes out of the pressure vessel can reduce binding.– bits of paper clip wrapped a full circle around the shaft and touched with superglue make better stoppers than bits of can.– when pushed lightly, the engine should make at least two turns without a heat source, otherwise you have too much friction.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,946.411267
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/04/22c3-day-10-and-11-round-up/
|
22C3 Day 10 And 11 Round Up
|
fabienneserriere
|
[
"blackberry hacks",
"Cellphone Hacks",
"cons"
] |
[
"22c3",
"blackberry",
"ccc",
"con",
"hacker conference",
"hackercon"
] |
Now that the
CCC is over
, we finally dug ourselves out of a ginormous pile of cables (Kabelsalat ist gesund!) to bring you this round up post about the best stuff from the last two days of the con.
First up on day 10 was
I See Airplanes!
,
Eric Blossom’s excellent speech
on creating hardware for making homebrew radars and software using the
GnuRadio
project. He uses bistatic passive receivers in the 100 MHz range doing object detection using other peoples’ transmitters. The project has a lot yet to accomplish including the use of helical filters (if there are any antenna freaks reading this,
contact Eric
, he’s looking for a bit of help).
Next on the third day we attended
Ilja van Sprundel
‘s huge
fuzzing extravaganza
. Fuzzers generate bad data that is designed to look like good data and will hopefully break something in an interesting way. Our fav part? When the list of irc clients broken by his
ircfuzz
tool was so long he had to use 10pt font to get it all on one slide (
see slide 53
)! His
paper can be found here
and the
slides here
.
We then wandered to
Harald Welte
‘s
talk
on hacking the Motorola EZX series phones (which
we’ve reported
on here
before
). In case you forgot, the EZX series has a linux kernel. Incidentally the phone runs lots of stuff it really doesn’t need (like glibc, 6 threads for just sound processes, and even inetd). He presented
the project
for the first time in an official context since we saw him at
0Sec
in October. Apparently lots of kinks have been worked out and there’s an official
code source tree here
.
The clincher for day 11 was FX and FtR of
Phenoelit
‘s semi-controversial
talk on Blackberry security
(covering both
handheld devices
and server based RIM products). This talk was a bit of a wake up call for RIM and thus the
slides are still not available online
so keep a sharp eye out for the video when it’s released by the
CCC
.
Also available from the CCC are the full
proceedings in a downloadable pdf
(also available in
paper format
for you physical-space-doodle-in-the-margin freaks).
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| 5
|
[
{
"comment_id": "15950",
"author": "mewse",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T02:12:29",
"content": "the irc fuzz seemed really interesting (MAN it broke a lot of irc clients!!), the source code is available here:http://ilja.netric.org/files/fuzzers/ircfuzz.c",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15951",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T04:43:10",
"content": "Sounds like you had a good time. I’m looking at the GnuRadio project right now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15952",
"author": "blah",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T05:58:43",
"content": "You can make simple airplane detectors by tuning an old TV to a weak UHF TV signal, then pointing a high-gain corner reflecter or Yagi antenna towards the sky. When a plane flys over, the weak video signal will become much more clear.Ham radio ops have been bouncing signals off airplanes to extend non line-of-sight microwave communications for over 40 years.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15953",
"author": "tweak",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T16:16:01",
"content": "When someone finds either the video or the slides for the BB Security, let us know. I am very intrested to see what was presented.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15954",
"author": "Ilja van sprundel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T22:20:13",
"content": "The actual slides I used at 22c3 can be found at:http://ilja.netric.org/files/22c3-fuzzing.pdf",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,946.254015
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/03/snake-robots/
|
Snake Robots
|
Eliot
|
[
"cnc hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[] |
Dr. Gavin Miller has been investigating
snake robots
for over ten years. His first models,
S1
and
S2
, use one servo at each joint.
S3
used a pair of servos to create a sidewinding motion along with the more common horizontal undulations.
S4
was an attempt to power the snake with just one motor, but ran into problems because of high torque in the u-joints.
S5
was the first to have all CNC parts, which made for a more compact package. The larger snake did require the use of a second microprocessor.
S6
was another attempt at a single motor snake, this time using a complicated gear train. It still had problems.
S7
is the most recent prototype and is an attempt at rectilinear motion like that of a python (undulations in the direction of movement).
[thanks
joeboy
]
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| 13
|
[
{
"comment_id": "15949",
"author": "Sprite_tm",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T19:35:08",
"content": "snakebots are cool. i made one with a group at the end of the first year of my ee-study at the university here. it used one engine per joint, and all the segments were the same (one uC, one motor, connector in front, connector in back) and could be connected in any order. the nice thing of the design was: powersupply allowing, you could split the snake in two and both ends would become an independent snake. Too bad I don’t have any info of it online anymore.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15947",
"author": "James",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T20:36:03",
"content": "Awsome, one step closer to “Blade Runner”Lets get rid of all living things",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15948",
"author": "hex4def6",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T00:18:34",
"content": "the guy mentions that one use of the snakebot would be for search-and-rescue. I wonder though if an earthworm type design wouldn’t be better for that sort of thing; perhaps have sections that can inflate and deflate, which can provide grip in confined spaces such as pipes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15946",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T01:19:35",
"content": "i for one, welcome our snakebot overlords",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15945",
"author": "John Bokma",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T02:44:56",
"content": "I for one am going to make my garbage filter (http://johnbokma.com/firefox/greasemonkey/digg-garbage-filter.html) run on hack a day as well, because the first post and overlord jokes are getting quite outdated by now. Even my grandmother doesn’t make them anymore.I for, one welcome our n00b kill filing overlords, all hail the GreaseMonkey",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15942",
"author": "jimmys",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T05:44:08",
"content": "it’s just this kind of irresponsible research that leads to james brolin getting bitten by a robosnake when they eventually get around to opening the Delos theme park.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15943",
"author": "happy gilmore",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T07:26:48",
"content": "hey john bokma,lighten up! sheesh!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15944",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T12:54:13",
"content": "Is it just me, or are the ‘hacks’ being posted decending more and more into ‘projects’? In what way exactly is this a hack?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15940",
"author": "Bri",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T22:24:16",
"content": "Hack or project who cares?I enjoy both hacks and projects posted here. call it a physics hack if you like.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15941",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T22:45:40",
"content": "Don’t worry I’ll be sure to post an article once someone hacks your everyday off-the-shelf robotsnake.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15939",
"author": "jimmys",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T23:03:43",
"content": "I wouldn’t have seen this guy’s site if it hadn’t been brought to my attention. So to that extent, thanks hackaday! Hack or not, the article gave me some new ways to think about one of my projects.liam: I agree that this is a project larger in scope than what is typically refered to as a ‘hack’. What is your definition of ‘hacking’?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15938",
"author": "John Bokma",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T06:53:58",
"content": "@happy gilmore – like I said, even my grandmother doesn’t make those jokes anymore.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "122486",
"author": "Leigh Times",
"timestamp": "2010-02-07T20:03:11",
"content": "I was searching for repairing my xbox when I found your site. Great post. Thank You.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,946.213161
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/02/magnetic-stripe-card-emulator/
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Magnetic Stripe Card Emulator
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Eliot
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[
"Misc Hacks"
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This is a proof of concept magnetic stripe card emulator. Adron embedded a thin strip of metal into track 2 of the magnetic stripe. The ends of that strip are wrapped with thin copper wire to create a solenoid. The solenoid is driven by a PIC microprocessor and some transistors to boost the signal. The software provided can pulse a test pattern and any additional card numbers you supply.
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"comment_id": "15920",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T19:25:48",
"content": "thats dangerous, sounds fun though…",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "6522856",
"author": "Edward Hance",
"timestamp": "2022-10-19T05:31:03",
"content": "no way prove it",
"parent_id": "15920",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
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{
"comment_id": "15921",
"author": "Davandron",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T20:12:41",
"content": "teenage-John-Conner can now hack ATM machines ;^)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "15922",
"author": "WillieT",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T21:40:25",
"content": "I thought i would be the first to reply with the Teminator quip. hasta la vista, baby",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "15923",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T22:32:19",
"content": "Hah, thats exactly what came up in our conversation about this at work!http://oldcomputers.net/pics/terminator.jpg^look familiar?",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "15919",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T22:41:26",
"content": "Sorry to flood the comments, but thinking about it, that scene in the movie was (further) BS because the Atari Portfolio he used has no I/O built in really. You’d need the parallel or serial expansion port as seen in the link below for proper I/O.http://oldcomputers.net/portfolio.htmlEven if Serial or Parallel was bilt in, he would need some sort of devices to get the proper power levels and logic, etc for this to work… Would be cool though to get one w/ the I/O and make a “portable” version. Software to bruteforce electronic locks, etc would be not far off. Anyone messed w/ PocketPC I/O via bluetooth or CF?",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "15918",
"author": "CaptSnuffy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T22:47:01",
"content": "This link on his site has much more information that i found more interesting as it covers more of the background on the tech the first link to the magstripe basics was a very interesting read.here’s the links for those of you who are lazy like methe linked-to page from the article:http://www.gae.ucm.es/~padilla/extrawork/stripe.htmlmagstripe basics:http://www.phrack.org/phrack/37/P37-06",
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"comment_id": "15917",
"author": "beakmyn",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T02:24:47",
"content": "If you want real information on magnetic cards head over to magtek.com and search there documentation archive for papers like thishttp://www.magtek.com/documentation/public/99875063-4.pdfhttp://www.magtek.com/documentation/public/99875148-6.pdfMagnetic cards are fun to play with.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "15916",
"author": "Abbie",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T04:09:00",
"content": "Thats a great idea! I never thought to do that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "15914",
"author": "Xdox",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T05:22:13",
"content": "So what exactly is this used for?",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "15915",
"author": "CaptSnuffy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T05:34:33",
"content": "@xdox #9It’s pretty obvious but basically this fools a card-accepting machine into thinking your actually swiping a card, while you’re actually using the device to generate whatever data you want. So if you were, say, at a university that uses a magstripe-based cash system for vending machines/public washing machines/dorm access/etc and you knew that all the card has on it is the students name, you could very well program this thing to generate someone else’s name and use their money. That’s just an example, but it just simulates a magstripe card for whatever reason. You could very well carry this thing around programmed with your credit card info and your student ID and all that, with one device! Yea, you’d get weird looks (or arrested) but it would work.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "15912",
"author": "Xdox",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T06:04:43",
"content": "So what exactly is this used for?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "15913",
"author": "Xdox",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T06:14:41",
"content": "my bad i didnt mean to post that twice just i kept getting emails",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "15911",
"author": "jaded",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T07:56:37",
"content": "CaptSnuffy,I followed his page. There’s some bad info on some of those links, “breaking Visa PIN” would be one of them. PIN data hasn’t been stored on Visa cards since the early 1980s. All authorizing is done on line (or offline at the full risk of the merchant.) The PIN, in conjunction with a secret key securely injected into an authorized PIN pad, is only used to encrypt some transactional info to send as a part of an authorization request.What he mistakenly calls the P.V.V. is really the C.V.V. — card verification value. It’s a random nonce included in the auth request to convince the authorizing bank that your mag stripe was present, and that someone didn’t just invent a fake mag stripe by knowing your name, account number and expiration date. It has nothing to do with your PIN.The real PIN Verification Value, P.V.V., is generated and stored securely only in the mainframe computer of the bank. It is only used to verify an authorization request, and never, ever leaves the bank.The computer program he wrote to do the decryption will never return anything of value.",
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"comment_id": "15910",
"author": "CaptSnuffy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T08:08:14",
"content": "So with the new system you would have to obtain the PIN and the CVV to make it work? you could get the CVV from the actual card if you had physical access to it and a card reader, right? So where is the PIN and how does VISA pair a PIN and a person’s account?",
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"comment_id": "15909",
"author": "Dash",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T12:05:55",
"content": "My buddy ended up buying one of these a while back and we ended up only using it to copy print cards for the printers at school. So $5 worth of prints was saved on our computer and when we ran out on the card we would just reflash them. Sadly cards like starbucks and bestbuy cards are saved with a database number and will only work once. No matter how many copys you make. It is all system registered, not card. One way to tell is to check to see if the card is read, Then written too again. Lick on the copy cards. Once in, charge you $, then back out and it writes back to the card on the way out. Theres a great software for copying cards (and saving them) off this german site. ANd if you are too lazy to build your own circut then you can splurge and be ready to pay a nice 255.97 USD. (You want the reader/writer) the reader by it self is useless. But the app that you can get off there site works great.http://www.makinterface.de/index_e.php3?frompage=/makstripee.php3",
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"comment_id": "15908",
"author": "Dash",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T12:17:42",
"content": "In response to Jaded:He is right. The pin is not stored on the card. Interface on bank cards most of the information is encrypted. The card readers and writers are quite useless unless you know that your card is non-database driven (Like the copy card). You can though pull information off non-encrypted cards though. I scanned in my friends California ID and it showed everything. Name, Birth date, Social",
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"comment_id": "15907",
"author": "Orphrey",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T18:34:13",
"content": "I’ve been building something like this for shmoocon. My work so far, code, presentation, and whatnot, is athttp://www.aculei.net/~ams/magcards/I tried a version with the coil built into the card like that, but I couldn’t get a sufficient magnetic field to trigger a reader.Mine is driven off the parallel port. So far, I’ve been able to fool the BG Micro Readers into reporting a stream of zeros, and by shmoocon, I should be able to bitbang a whole card worth of data.If you see me at shmoocon, don’t lend me a card…",
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"comment_id": "15906",
"author": "jason",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T20:02:01",
"content": "http://www.sephail.net/articles/metrocard/slightly related is that link.. about the nyc metro card and how they are reading it/decoding it.",
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"comment_id": "15905",
"author": "madis",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T23:36:48",
"content": "something similar?http://www.chameleonnetwork.com/pocket.htm",
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"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "15904",
"author": "noouch",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T00:05:09",
"content": "Why is it that EVERY TIME i have an idea that seems good and I think nobody has tried yet, it shows up an hour later on hackaday and has been done over a week ago?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "15903",
"author": "noouch",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T00:06:27",
"content": "Why is it that EVERY TIME i have an idea that seems good and I think nobody has tried yet, it shows up an hour later on hackaday and has been done over a week ago?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "15902",
"author": "Jason Hazel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T12:44:03",
"content": "would this sort of thing work with hotel doors?if so, and anyone is in the columbus ohio area with a working one, let me know. there are 120 doors in the hotel i work at. plenty to fully test it out.",
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"comment_id": "15901",
"author": "Captsnuffy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T17:18:13",
"content": "@20 jason hazelfrom the magstripe basics text file by count zero:“Well, that’s all I’m going to put out right now. As you can see, the majortypes of cards (ATMs, CC) all follow the same rules more or less. I checkedout a number of security passcards and timeclock entry cards..and they ALL hadrandom stuff written to Track 2. Track 2 is by FAR the MOST utilized track onthe card. And the format is pretty much always ANSI/ISO BCD. I *did* run intosome hotel room access cards that, when scanned, were GARBLED. They mostlikely used a character set other than ASCII (if they were audio tones, myreader would have put out NOTHING…as opposed to GARBLED data). As you cansee, one could write a BOOK listing different types of card data. I intendedonly to give you some examples. My research has been limited, but I tried tomake logical conclusions based on the data I received. “",
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"comment_id": "15900",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T07:04:52",
"content": "Does this work on train tickets?In the UK they seem to use some kind of magnetic strip on the back, would be handy to change the date on your ticket, ticket collectors hardly ever come round / never check the date on the ticket and its just getting through barriers which is the problem?Is it a magnetic strip storing the data on the tickets? What about tube tickets? Tubes dont have ticket collectors so unlimited free travel on the london underground would be pretty sweet! Or is it done differently? What about those oyster card things? I should imagine they are tied into some central database…If anyones got any info at all please share it!Thanks a lot,Chris",
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"comment_id": "15899",
"author": "Ferret Simpson",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T23:18:20",
"content": "Well, I think it’s safe to say that chris has a good, but highly illegal idea, and it would be purely irresponisle to tell him that the best idea is to read the magnetic stripe on his tocket with a reader and see what it says. LOL.In all honesty, you’d probably get away with it for a wek or two before someone cottoned on. And if you got through a barrier, THEN had someone check the ticket, they’re gonna want to know how you got through the barrier at all. . . So. . . Don;t do it at Oxford station? hehehe",
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"comment_id": "15898",
"author": "xander",
"timestamp": "2006-01-21T03:36:42",
"content": "Wold this work as a sort of magnetic lockbreaker, i.e. the one in Enemy of the State? A microcontroller could simply flash all possible combinations, but do magnetic locks place a delay between each read cycle, or freeze after X invalid reads? It seems worth investigating.",
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"comment_id": "15934",
"author": "carlos juan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T15:58:52",
"content": "i nead some serial credit cards numbers if is possible: 64578239236723466=0102569023152657",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "15933",
"author": "Yota",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T07:24:54",
"content": "I have a card i need to copy. I have the pin for the card but the card is starting to say card error. I want to copy the info on the card to put on a new one want to know what i need. PLEASE HELP",
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"comment_id": "15932",
"author": "Mirabello Achtung",
"timestamp": "2006-02-07T12:46:24",
"content": "I have a file that contains ex::10001000A935E608A72390234987…I need a prgram to convert him to2345234523455=345453456365Can u help me?",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "15930",
"author": "matist",
"timestamp": "2006-02-09T11:17:38",
"content": "yeah so what about that oyster cards then ?:)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "15931",
"author": "damilola",
"timestamp": "2006-02-26T17:06:06",
"content": "I NEED CARDS AND THEIR FULL BILLING",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "15929",
"author": "juan catlos",
"timestamp": "2006-03-17T00:01:04",
"content": "is posible to help mee to fiind some like that.thank you",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "15925",
"author": "Angeldomain",
"timestamp": "2006-04-26T02:20:23",
"content": "Can anyone help me find a track 1 and 2 generator :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "15926",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2006-06-01T11:30:06",
"content": "how about the oyster card ticket ?is there a machine who can change the details from inside ?",
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"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "15927",
"author": "Bryan",
"timestamp": "2006-06-14T01:43:39",
"content": "Do you think you could use this to get unlimited credits at places like Dave & Buster’s?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "15928",
"author": "t0ny",
"timestamp": "2006-06-30T12:35:40",
"content": "can I find the pin PIN from track1 and track2 from the cvv ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "15924",
"author": "ryan",
"timestamp": "2006-08-09T03:55:00",
"content": "oyster cards are tied to a central database, but that information is NOT live. your travel information is stored on the chip itself. when you swipe your card, the card tells the reader how much money is on the card. the reader does not ping a central database, but rather merely trusts the card.",
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{
"comment_id": "15935",
"author": "mario",
"timestamp": "2007-07-20T16:12:19",
"content": "y need to buy cc trak 2 stuff for write it to plastic mail [email protected]",
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"comment_id": "15936",
"author": "Espearly",
"timestamp": "2008-02-11T20:54:14",
"content": "U need these i give you:: B4552181343644011^GUNTHER/SIEBENS^08082010101000409000000: 4552181343644011=08082010101040900008: EXPIRED: 08/08: Visa CREDIT GOLD Bank Card Company Brussels BelgiumContact me:[email protected]",
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{
"comment_id": "15937",
"author": "Espearly",
"timestamp": "2008-02-11T20:55:33",
"content": "B5404450419446032^BLASER/RUTH ^0807101094: 5404450419446032=08071010000000000094: EXPIRED: 07/08: Master Card GOLD EUROPAY (SWITZERLAND) S.A. WALLISELLEN Switzerland",
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"comment_id": "55255",
"author": "!SIKDIDIT!",
"timestamp": "2008-12-15T05:21:05",
"content": "There are cards that use combined track info ie:Track 1)+Track 2)–Track 3)Equals Card number =FYIPost Script:This is my real card number please do not use! ;@}!SIKDIDIT!",
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{
"comment_id": "61068",
"author": "beanster",
"timestamp": "2009-01-28T16:03:34",
"content": "help! i need help with track2 algorithms. ive been away for some time . i used to just biuld tracks but now it seems alot different. any help would be [email protected]",
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{
"comment_id": "62660",
"author": "warhorse",
"timestamp": "2009-02-12T00:39:02",
"content": "Any ideas ? thats a card of my grandfathers.",
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"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "62662",
"author": "warhorse",
"timestamp": "2009-02-12T00:40:06",
"content": "im only 14 and i just started to learn this stuff",
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{
"comment_id": "62666",
"author": "warhorse",
"timestamp": "2009-02-12T00:49:32",
"content": "that is my grandfathers card so please dont use !",
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{
"comment_id": "62674",
"author": "warhorse",
"timestamp": "2009-02-12T01:46:19",
"content": "thankyou for the deletion.I guss i shoulda never posted it anyway.i just got cought :( my parents cought me with thier reader and my grandfathers card! &i just got grounded for 3 weeks :(So i guss im no more into learning the hacking thing :\\ Sorry to bother you all.. maby one day when i get older , ill look you guys up on this stuff , as i am very interested in learning things..cheers for now",
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{
"comment_id": "69750",
"author": "linkit",
"timestamp": "2009-04-08T22:38:08",
"content": "why cant you just write your own crd with ne data so that your id always suits the card…..??????",
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},
{
"comment_id": "75029",
"author": "SaKaL",
"timestamp": "2009-05-14T19:21:22",
"content": "How to generate track3 ABN bank or elsse europe model knows someone?THX!",
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{
"comment_id": "86500",
"author": "tom",
"timestamp": "2009-08-12T04:34:02",
"content": "hi guys i cant find the schematics for this link it seems to have been taken down. can someone post the details of an alternative link?",
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"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "132014",
"author": "Atul",
"timestamp": "2010-03-26T07:30:30",
"content": "Can anyone give me the trick of copying the magnetic cards of set top boxes used in cable / dishes TVsAtulbrown",
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/01/colecovision-portable/
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Colecovision Portable
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Eliot
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"Portable Video Hacks"
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Ben Heckendorn has been busy this holiday season. His latest project is cramming the guts of a Colecovision into a portable case. The project was commissioned, otherwise he probably wouldn’t have tackled it. The first bit of weirdness he found was the use of +12V, +5V, -5V lines to power the console. To get the board to fit in a smaller space he “flattened” it, remounting the components so they have a lower profile. The screen and case are standard issue Ben Heck, which he admits he can pretty much build with his eyes closed now. All told, it still looks great, but Ben says he isn’t going to be repeating this project any time soon because of the complexity involved.
[thanks HK-47]
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"comment_id": "15897",
"author": "bumsk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T08:12:56",
"content": "good mod! well done.I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST COMMENT FOR 2006!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "15896",
"author": "bumsk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T08:35:39",
"content": "good mod! well done.I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST COMMENT FOR 2006!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "15893",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T08:46:21",
"content": "12:01 good job",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "15894",
"author": "ravuya",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T11:39:46",
"content": "Excellent! It’s about time he did this wonderful machine. Too bad he won’t do another; I think an ADAM portable in the style of his Atari 800 laptop would be sufficiently awesome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "15895",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T12:44:39",
"content": "Amazing hack, I can only imagine the number of hours it took.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "15892",
"author": "Giles",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T13:49:16",
"content": "the picture of the wiring half way down is amazing. nice job.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "15891",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T00:28:35",
"content": "re-mounting components is a pain in the arse, but you can’t argue with the incredible results!Well done!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "15888",
"author": "Kazuko",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T03:51:28",
"content": "This is a very good mod. The end results were fabulous and it looks very professionally made. Very nice job with this one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "15889",
"author": "0x1d3",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T07:19:07",
"content": "I wonder how much it cost the person that bought it. That truely is amazing though. He is my god.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "15890",
"author": "usbcd36",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T01:37:04",
"content": "Very nice! Makes me want to finish my N64 one more now!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
{
"comment_id": "57635",
"author": "John Vols",
"timestamp": "2009-01-02T08:53:44",
"content": "awsome mod. well done mate!John Volshttp://www.romplay.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "71394",
"author": "Loolillefly",
"timestamp": "2009-04-22T00:07:20",
"content": "Hi EverbodyI just joined this forum.Great work forum crew!A few days ago I read that there is a cure for diabetes onhttp://www.healthcaredaily.orgIs this way of curing diabetes mentioned actually true, If so I should have found out earlier! The websitehttp://www.healthcaredaily.orglooks legitCould you someone tell me if this healthcare information is for real?ThanksLoolillefly",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/31/tesla-coil-built-from-trash/
|
Tesla Coil Built From Trash
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Greg Miller prides himself on his dumpster-diving ability. To encourage others to take up the terrestrial sport he developed this
Tesla coil built entirely from trash
(Coral cache link). The power supply is from a neon sign he found behind a frat house. The capacitor bank is constructed from high voltage caps found in televisions. The spark gap is a pair of 1/4 inch bolts. The primary coil is formed on a lamp shade using a cord from a humidifier. The secondary coil is made from the wire of a microwave fan and a cardboard tube. The toroid, pictured above, is constructed from two stove eyes. The chokes are wire wrapped around ballpoint pens. He’s got some nice pictures of it in action plus a guide to what goodies you should
salvage from consumer electronics
.
[thanks
Victor
]
| 21
| 21
|
[
{
"comment_id": "15885",
"author": "ASIMO",
"timestamp": "2005-12-31T19:05:20",
"content": "sweet, first post here. i am a robot called asimo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15886",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2005-12-31T19:20:50",
"content": "wasn’t this featured a very long time ago, back when hackaday.com was a baby?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15887",
"author": "Dash Dingo",
"timestamp": "2005-12-31T20:29:02",
"content": "very cool. I had to sudy tesla’s life for a little while back, he was a neat guy.quick little tidbit of information on tesla:for his first invention, he devised a pin-wheel kind of thing out of some sticks that could spin around. he then would get flying beetles (june beetles, I think) from some kid, and glue them onto the ends of the sticks in a certain way. when they tried to fly away, it would make the wheel spin.he stopped using beetles when the kid that gave them to him ate an entire handful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15884",
"author": "Orwell84",
"timestamp": "2005-12-31T20:33:17",
"content": "Don’t forget that at the end of Tesla’s life he was completely alone and died with pigeons as his only friends. He also was the first to attempt developing a death ray. Very interesting man.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15883",
"author": "Dash Dingo",
"timestamp": "2005-12-31T22:14:12",
"content": "“Don’t forget that at the end of Tesla’s life he was completely alone and died with pigeons as his only friends”he actually fell in love with one of them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15882",
"author": "The tech Department",
"timestamp": "2005-12-31T22:30:47",
"content": "Tesla this and tesla that. Really, he was a neat guy that many claim was seriously overlooked. As a former physics student who studied physics history quite a bit, his problem was all in timing. He was around when a lot of people like Einstein, Openheimer, and Edison were hogging all the spot light.This is a really cool dumpster dive project. I tried dumpster diving once and incurred the wrath of the local police…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15881",
"author": "Phantom Bantam",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T01:14:33",
"content": "alex, I think you’re thinking of the DIY nightvision.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15880",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T01:24:41",
"content": "Great stuff!The fact that it was all refuse is perfection.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15879",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T01:34:31",
"content": "Great article! Here is some interesting information about Teslahttp://www.neuronet.pitt.edu/~bogdan/tesla/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15878",
"author": "The Spherical Monkey",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T01:46:54",
"content": ">Don’t forget that at the end of Tesla’s life>he was completely alone and died with pigeons>as his only friends.I think that is the fate of most of us hacker – geek – nerds. I’m already “that cat guy” that people offer stray cats to. Given a chance to do it all over, I’d gladly trade my proficiency with technology for a vacant look, a football, and a cute girlfriend.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15876",
"author": "miscblogger",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T22:30:08",
"content": "what is a tesla coil",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15877",
"author": "fluxist",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T01:37:06",
"content": "“So I’ve opted to find several relatively high voltage capacitors and link them together in series so that the voltage across each capacitor is the total voltage divided by the number of capacitors (that is if the capacitance of each capacitor is the same).”um. Don’t capacitors need to be attached in parallel in order to sum the capacitance? In series should yield a capacitance far lower than the lowest individual capacitance value. Right? I’d email the author but this is 3 years old.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15875",
"author": "Marko",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T03:57:42",
"content": "@fluxistIt is the maximum voltage that is critical for a capacitor in this application. If you need a capacitor for ie. 1000V and you have only 500V rated ones, you should link two of them in series (or maybe three just to be sure). So in one word: serial linking for higher voltage, and parallel for higher capacity.@miscbloggeruse wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15874",
"author": "marko",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T04:42:34",
"content": "@fluxistand if you link two same capacitors in series to double the maximum voltage, the equivalent capacity is not changed compared to one capacitor. (analogy can be applied to parallel connection)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15873",
"author": "Marvin",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T06:43:57",
"content": "Thats not right, when you connect in series the capacity is actually reduced. 2 identicle units in series produce double the voltage but half the capacitance.This is required by conservation of energy. It is true to say the energy stored at peak is double the energy stored of a single capacitor at its peak (true for series and parallel).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15871",
"author": "what",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T10:48:10",
"content": "that is awesome…Nikola Tesla was a genius.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15872",
"author": "Andre",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T18:11:01",
"content": "This is pretty neat, an alternative to a neon sign transformer is an oil burner ignition (OBIT) which works fairly well. Those chokes are absolutely vital, the transformer will burn out quickly if they are not used.Another alternative is to obtain several monochrome TV flybacks and drive them sequentially using a 4017 and driver transistors, connecting the HV outputs in parallel. This is a bit more work but does let you control the input voltage as well as allowing the whole unit to be run off low voltage (i.e. 12V) :)-A",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15870",
"author": "Artakserksis",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T19:30:09",
"content": "isn’t this a bit dangerous?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15869",
"author": "Jfalk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T20:52:10",
"content": "tesla coils are great, and everyone should play with them at least once. If you’re looking for a high voltage toy, look for Lifters (built one for high school physics project, blew away the class).Other interesting note about tesla- discovered a way to broadcast electricity, only it was too wasteful. We need some cold fusion, then send it all out everywhere!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15868",
"author": "whitemonk",
"timestamp": "2006-02-11T18:49:44",
"content": "the stupid link doen’t work! and i mean both of them!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15867",
"author": "Paul Haviland",
"timestamp": "2006-08-20T04:50:16",
"content": "Ok, I have this neighbor below me who has grown trees right next to the property line. They are beginning to block my view! How could I make one of these things and then “blow” off the tops of the trees?Or even better, can you think of a way of making a homebuilt microwave focusing device (like a radar dish on a military plane) that I could focus at the trees and kill them from oh… say 60 feet away?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,946.5535
|
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/31/happy-new-year/
|
Happy New Year
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
We hope you have a happy and safe holiday. Thanks for reading!
| 16
| 16
|
[
{
"comment_id": "15866",
"author": "Orwell84",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T04:40:55",
"content": "Hey Eliot,What’s your new year’s resolution?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15864",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T04:45:23",
"content": "damn, almost first post of the new year",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15865",
"author": "Graham",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T05:13:56",
"content": "obviously you guys are in germany?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15863",
"author": "mrdelayer",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T05:31:10",
"content": "my new year’s resolution is 1280×1024.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15862",
"author": "Michiel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T06:02:56",
"content": "neat hack! btw you should have a nova scotia meetup",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15860",
"author": "Michiel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T06:03:52",
"content": "lolo your comments email verify thing is still from weblogs inc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15861",
"author": "Orwell84",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T08:00:15",
"content": "Happy New Years everybody!First post of the new year!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15859",
"author": "armindilo",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T08:17:44",
"content": "New Years Resolution: HACK MORE!!!!!Have a good one y’all!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15852",
"author": "Urza9814",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T08:58:42",
"content": "@ #4: That’s it?My new year’s resolution is 1792×1344",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15853",
"author": "sinflare",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T11:33:07",
"content": "happy new years everyone!another whole year to hacking!btw……2048 x 1536 :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15854",
"author": "Frogz",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T12:25:10",
"content": "safe? screw you :( i wanted to do stuff that ISNT safe, comon, whos with me, we need to go crash a truck into the shed aquarium’s giant tank when its being cleaned and when they ask what we are doing we pretend to be sea creatures then laugh at them once they believe us",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15855",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T16:49:45",
"content": "Happy New Year Hackers!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15856",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T18:54:18",
"content": "I should have added that my latest hacking exploits involve modifying ZipZaps Monster Trucks into tiny RC rock crawlers!Hack big, or hack small, but _hack!_:D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15857",
"author": "rob",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T20:31:08",
"content": "how can you tell the diffrence between the psp 1.5 version or the 2.0 version when you buy it at the store i want to make sure i get the 1.5 version can anyone help me identify the diffrence? thank you",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15858",
"author": "BOB",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T00:30:40",
"content": "Gee Rob, that was on topic.Happy new year! Let’s try and survive this one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15851",
"author": "paincorp",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T08:57:30",
"content": "yeah rob its called google, and it is your friend",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,946.720587
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/laptop-keyboard-conversion/
|
Laptop Keyboard Conversion
|
Eliot
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Leechar] liked the compactness of notebook keyboards and
wanted one for his desktop
. A friend provided a 486 notebook keyboard and Leechar found an old AT keyboard controller in a junk box. Instead of taking the time to decode the key matrix and make sure that every key was generating the proper scancode he just wired it so that each key generated a unique code. Then using
KeyTweak
he was able to build a registry key for the correct mapping. Still having fun abusing input devices he decided to marry his Toshiba laptop track ball with the guts of a Microsoft mouse by
soldering directly to the photosensor connections
.
UPDATE:
It looks like we “H-bombed” the 5gigs server within 4 minutes of this being posted.
Grynx has a mirror
.
UPDATE:
Leechar has gotten better hosting, links should be fine now.
permalink
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| 24
|
[
{
"comment_id": "16236",
"author": "billytheimpaler",
"timestamp": "2006-01-11T19:11:11",
"content": "The link is dead, Eliot. Please fix it for us.I’d like to see the opposite of this hack; somebody modding a real keyboard (akin to the IBM Model M) to be used in a laptop. I detest the shallow keypresses that laptop keyboards offer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16237",
"author": "liam",
"timestamp": "2006-01-11T19:13:31",
"content": "Nice. A notebook keyboard plus a trackball would be ideal for a HTPC-setup.I’m waiting for an old notebook with a trackpad to come my way. The lounge HTPC needs a decent control system; I plan to use the lower half in a fashion similar to that outlined here, placing the guts of a wireless KB/M combo inside the laptop shell.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16238",
"author": "mc",
"timestamp": "2006-01-11T19:21:29",
"content": "the happy hacking keyboard is designed around the same idea, though obviously it’s not quite as cheap, even counting labor.hey liam, please be aware that virtually all wireless keyboards and mice are designed for less than 4 feet distance. you can get ones that have 30 or 40 foot ability, but those are already small and portable. and, expensive. if you can figure out how to amp up the typical wireless keyboard, i will write poetry about you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16239",
"author": "captsnuffy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-11T20:05:26",
"content": "Why would you actually want to use a notebook keyboard? They’re absolutely awful for typing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16240",
"author": "error404",
"timestamp": "2006-01-11T20:14:41",
"content": "I quite like typing on notebook keyboards…they’re still not as nice as a good buckling spring model, but far better than most standard keyboards these days IMO.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16241",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2006-01-11T20:40:25",
"content": "This is totally awesome! I’ve been looking for something like this forever. This will work perfect for my CarPC, all I have to do is make it.————————————————-And to those who are reading: yehoshua your borgs are dead! Stop by the forums and tell us what happened.http://www.teamhackaday.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16222",
"author": "angragamea",
"timestamp": "2006-01-11T21:30:30",
"content": "JoO GuYz 4Re Fr34K1Ng c00L!!! 1 W4Nn4 B3 H4x0R JuZt L1K3 j00!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16223",
"author": "Whesley",
"timestamp": "2006-01-11T21:55:59",
"content": "Looks like a Contura Aero keyb. (u know them lil sub notebooks)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16224",
"author": "sentinel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-11T22:30:03",
"content": "very cool. I wonder if this could be done for a folding pda kayboard using a similar method…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16225",
"author": "JMT",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T00:15:24",
"content": "Neat, but maybe not necessary for everybody who likes notepad keyboards. Logitech UltraX is a desktop kb with “notebook” keys, and at least I’m content with it. Sorry for advertising, even though the information might prove to be useful for somebody.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16226",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T00:23:35",
"content": "Why not just buy one of the hundred of small usb notebook sized keyboards?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16227",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T00:27:45",
"content": "you’ve been make blog’d.no via link either….tsk tsk phillip torrone…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16228",
"author": "tom61",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T00:44:12",
"content": "#1 the Model M wieghs almost as much a gaming laptop by itself, and the keys, including base, are nearly an 1 inch tall! Intergrating one would result in a huge and heavy laptop. I suppose you could find a happy medium by taking an old 286 laptop with nearly full travel keys and modding a modern laptop guts into the case (as you wouldn’t be able to close the lid if you put the old keybaord in a new laptop).#7 you could do simular with a PDA keyboard, but you can get a Fellows SB folding keyboard for less than $15 on ebay.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16229",
"author": "the dentist",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T01:59:20",
"content": "very interesting but i have an old tandy 1000ex keyboard is there any way to do something similar to it? i like the way the keys feel and sound when i press them",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16230",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T02:43:33",
"content": "Why re-invent the damn wheel???http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=airboard&category0=airboard, I have one, very nice kb. Good tactile respononse and quick speed like a notebook kb. mouse kinda sucks, but its as good as a trackball. I dont think they make them anymore, but theyre all over ebay. IR must have line of sight to work, but would still work great for htpc. Also battery life is excellent (a year plus)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16231",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T02:44:31",
"content": "respononse, lol. should have proof read.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16232",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T03:34:59",
"content": "tired2, you know why we do it…because we can. On that airbord thing, its irda, how good is your connection on it? How far away can you be and / or can you be at a different angle. I’m seriously looking for a good one for my car pc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16233",
"author": "TX297",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T03:45:27",
"content": "mc: I’ve had a logitech cordless duo for a little over 2 years now and the range on it is great. I hooked up the media keys to work with winamp as I stream audio to my living room and it works for a good 40-50 feet (estimation)… there’s absolutely no way that it’s attached to a 4-foot bubble in any case.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16234",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T07:03:49",
"content": "To all those who asked why he wanted to use a notebook keyboard.. the man is clearly a masochist.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16235",
"author": "Nezuji",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T08:18:50",
"content": "I agree with mike at #10. I picked up a miniature 88-key PS/2 keyboard with (as far as I can tell from his pictures) the same dimensions as his “finished” unit, including a nice matt black plastic shell and green status LEDs, and it only cost me AU$20 (Currently US$15.10). To paraphrase Zaphod, 10 out of 10 for ingenuity, but minus several million for re-inventing the wheel.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16219",
"author": "DR.NO.",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T02:59:38",
"content": "anone got the pinouts for the correct keys?why do keymapping if you dont have to?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16220",
"author": "kd",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T04:52:38",
"content": "Hey guys,This site is great. I’m in need of some guidance. I study political science and IS at Ohio State… so you can probably guess that I’m not that proficient in the world of electrical engineering. Here’s my problem… I’m taking a lot of Persian classes and have to type in Farsi quite a bit. On my home pc I am able to use Arabic text when typing, but when I use a computer in a lab or am at someone’s home I am unable to change their system. Consequently, I usually end up copying and pasting from a website likehttp://www.lexilogos.com/clavier/farsi.htm. I want to modify a USB keyboard that I can take with me and type in Farsi with out having to change the system. Would anyone be able to point me in the direction of resources where I can do something like this? I’m looking forward to this project but I just need a starting point. Feel free to write me here or drop me an email…[email protected]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16221",
"author": "angragamea",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T23:24:01",
"content": "U Nu3z D1dNt S4y H4X0rzz 4 l1Fe B1TcHzzz H4x0rz 4 L1f3z NuBz H4x0Rz PuNkZZZActually, it took about five minutes to write this. Leet speak sucks ass.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61502",
"author": "StiltsChickSheryl",
"timestamp": "2009-02-01T04:00:40",
"content": "Love that google, very neat site.Will browse around and hopefully have something I can add.Thanks.StiltsChickSheryl",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,946.612174
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/10/video-card-used-as-a-digital-tv-modulator/
|
Video Card Used As A Digital TV Modulator
|
Eliot
|
[
"computer hacks"
] |
[] |
DVB
-T is a standard for broadcasting digital television over the air and is found in many countries outside of North America. This hack involves
using a video card to generate the DVB-T signal
. This project was inspired by
Tempest for Eliza
, which we
covered recently
. To pull this off you have to add some custom settings for an additional screen in your X server configuration. When you start up the server and switch to the new screen it will generate the proper signal. The signal strength is pretty weak though and the card has to be wired directly to the DVB-T set-top box. The box will display two different channels, each with a test image. The signal isn’t actually generated directly, but is a product of the VGA card’s DAC’s harmonics.
[thanks james]
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{
"comment_id": "16217",
"author": "Arthur",
"timestamp": "2006-01-10T19:12:38",
"content": "Wait, what? you can use a video card to transmit over the air?surely there cant be all that good of a range on it?*shakes head* i must be confused.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16218",
"author": "einstien",
"timestamp": "2006-01-10T20:31:26",
"content": "litte off topic but if you type in the word “hack” into the address bar in firefox… well, just go and see",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16211",
"author": "Sleighboy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-10T20:31:35",
"content": "how sad I remember this from JUNE 2005..but I am calling dupe..http://hackaday.com/entry/1234000963048255/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16212",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-01-10T21:54:54",
"content": "If I’m reading this right, it’s simply a method of displaying one’s PC screen on a dvb-t receiver ( (which assumingly does not have VGA inputs) without a converter box. Seeing as how it nearly requires hardwiring to the receiver, one is not “broadcasting” persay…Everyone else would simply get a TV-ready card w/ an S-Video, component, composite, etc output port…But if all one has is dvb-t, then one does what they must…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16213",
"author": "RBeer",
"timestamp": "2006-01-10T22:05:25",
"content": "Granted it’s a dupe but i was excited about this the first time i heard about. I have a dvb pvr and it won’t except any inputs so i can’t for instance, archive any of my home movies on it. I thought this would let me get movies off my computer and onto my box. Unfortunately this isn’t possible as you can only send a test signal and it requires a graphics card which can output in the 4k x 3k resolutiuon range",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16214",
"author": "Wim L",
"timestamp": "2006-01-10T22:34:08",
"content": "This is really, really cool. I’d wondered about using a video DAC like this, but most of ’em seem to enforce blanking during retraces. But for a digital signal, that can be covered up by error correction in the receiver, I guess. nifty!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16215",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-01-10T23:50:54",
"content": "It’s not totally a dupe, it was in the links, now its a featured article",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16216",
"author": "Joshua Holbrook",
"timestamp": "2006-01-10T23:59:51",
"content": "einstein–that’s because typing into the address bar is the same as typing hack into Google and clicking, “I’m feeling lucky”.sleighboy–holy shit your memory is good! :o",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16202",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2006-01-11T02:34:01",
"content": "yea, i remembered that link as well but could’nt locate it w/ google!I was like.. “wasnt this on hackaday before?”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16203",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-01-11T03:54:49",
"content": "I noticed that he is only using one of the 3 available dac’s (3 colors) so he should be able to run 3 screens at the same time?Also, it looks like his software can only display images, and you loose videocard functionality. Is this right?Man it would be cool if you could (by installing a diferent driver) turn your videocard into a tri-tv driving card for mad desktop extension.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16204",
"author": "Doctor",
"timestamp": "2006-01-11T04:40:54",
"content": "Heh I knew I saw this somewhere before, didn’t know it was here :)It’s kind of annoying that the source code isn’t available, if it was I’m sure more than a test signal would be done with this idea.For running more than one dvb channel off of the dac you’d need to run them at different clock rates. Harmonicing off of three dacs at once might interfer with each other",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16205",
"author": "Chris mcdonald",
"timestamp": "2006-01-11T15:45:05",
"content": "This is pretty damn cool, its a modulator, which is part of a transmitter but you can’t really broadcast with a modulator alone. Add a few stages of amplifaction and an antenna and your broadcasting. Don’t forget to put lots of filters in between because pirate broadcasting is bad enough, you don’t want to be interfearing with everything in the spectrum.This is what I would call a real hack, using something that was never even close to designed for the application but with a bit of creativity dose the job.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16206",
"author": "Unni Koroth",
"timestamp": "2006-01-11T16:47:23",
"content": "We also have done a similar project.And it is already a hot topic for discussion in many forumshttp://www.elitehackers.info/forums/showthread.php?t=1151http://www.elitehackers.info/forums/showthread.php?t=1151&page=2",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16207",
"author": "Gregg Levine",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T19:03:54",
"content": "Nice! Except it isn’t available in the US. The DVB standard is supported in the 2.6 Linux kernels so it works in Europe. However the US is still using older methods of sending out video. The Europeans converted about the turn of the century to that format (DVB) so they can do that. And indeed the site he mentions for this device is only French and UK English.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16208",
"author": "Gregg Levine",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T19:07:25",
"content": "Nice! Except it isn’t available in the US. The DVB standard is supported in the 2.6 Linux kernels so it works in Europe. However the US is still using older methods of sending out video. The Europeans converted about the turn of the century to that format (DVB) so they can do that. And indeed the site he mentions for this device is only French and UK English.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16209",
"author": "Gregg Levine",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T19:08:41",
"content": "Nice! Except it isn’t available in the US. The DVB standard is supported in the 2.6 Linux kernels so it works in Europe. However the US is still using older methods of sending out video. The Europeans converted about the turn of the century to that format (DVB) so they can do that. And indeed the site he mentions for this device is only French and UK English.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16210",
"author": "Anonymous coward",
"timestamp": "2006-03-05T01:09:30",
"content": "Although the video card is an “RF modulator”, you can use a CRT display as an “RF power amplifier”. Just connect the center conductor of your “antenna cable” (or dummy load) to a piece of aluminum foil taped to the CRT screen.The aluminum foil on a CRT screen generates enough power to run an electrostatic motor:http://amasci.com/emotor/tvgen.txthttp://amasci.com/emotor/emotor.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/09/gumbrix-gumstix-lego-controller/
|
Gumbrix: Gumstix LEGO Controller
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Derek Anderson enjoys building robot prototypes using the LEGO Mindstorms kit, but he found his progress hampered by the RCX’s minimal processing power and connections. He decided to build a
custom LEGO style housing
for a
Gumstix waysmall computer
. He has experience milling
custom LEGO parts
so this was an easy first step; he does wish he would have used a material more rigid than Delrin though. Derek has several future articles planned to cover how to integrate and interact with the system. I’d prefer to wait for the new
Mindstorms NXT
coming out in August or
March if I’m lucky
.
[thanks William Cox of
GoRobotics.net
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "16201",
"author": "What",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T20:14:54",
"content": "i wsh i had that ammount of milling skill!that is a god way of interfacing it would seem.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16199",
"author": "Loquax",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T20:17:57",
"content": "You beat me to making this. I had a gumstix and bought some Alumilite a while back to do just this. Good Hack!JD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16200",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2006-01-10T12:04:10",
"content": "Also check outhttp://charmedlabs.com/I have 3 DS’es and an Xport.. I still need Mindstorms :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/08/scanner-music/
|
Scanner Music
|
Eliot
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
Continuing our trend of peripherals modified to perform functions that aren’t actually useful: here’s
how to play music on your scanner
. The HP ScanJet 3c/4c have a variable speed scan head that is driven by a stepper motor. The Play Tune command can be used to move the head at different frequencies. Here’s a
video of a scanner playing F?Elise
. The site we’re linking to has the source code to do this, but newer HP scanners may have hardware activation built-in, according to these two
Easter
eggs
.
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[
{
"comment_id": "16197",
"author": "mrdelayer",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T19:06:52",
"content": "first post.in all seriousness, however, that’s pretty cool; don’t have a scanner or i’d try it out myself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16198",
"author": "william",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T19:19:55",
"content": "that’s wicked awesome, too bad I don’t have an HP ScanJet 3c or 4c, just a PSC 750 and it don’t work on that. This is really similar to the dot-matrix printer orchestra athttp://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000453045067/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16186",
"author": "rockarolla",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T19:46:34",
"content": "Holy shit! once my father told me that our HP3500c played some kind of “happiness hymn” (ok ok, remember that my english is a shit)…i thought it was just a coincidence.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16187",
"author": "James Dolan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T19:58:22",
"content": "Thats so gross!When do we get to see a scanned image produce during this process?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16188",
"author": "Jimmy D",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T20:46:23",
"content": "Absolutely Ridiculous, But Completely Sweet.Very interesting that there is an actual play music function hidden in the driver…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16189",
"author": "Captsnuffy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T21:17:22",
"content": "Now only if it could scan a sheet of music and reproduce it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16190",
"author": "alkzy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T21:51:38",
"content": "some of the best stuff ive seen in awhile! In Computer Science we just wrote so program to like interpert mp3s and play them, the first steps where getting it to play single frequencies then cords, the first song we played, fur elise. You could take like 4 of these and get them to do cords, then teach them to play stairway to heaven, LED ZEPPLIN!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16191",
"author": "dirk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T21:58:41",
"content": "you know, I’m learning the piano, and that scanner can play the song better than me. i’m not sure what to think.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16192",
"author": "Pzyke 0'g3n",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T22:33:08",
"content": "Actually you can do that with any dc motor and even with an stepper motor (not sure but maybe even with a servo too) Using the PWM at certain frequencies the stator housing of a dc motor will vibrate (specially when the voltage is not high) to produce an audible sound. I imagine this is what the “trick” uses to make sound. Try it your self with a pic, say 16f87x, and a china’cheapo dc motor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16193",
"author": "ryan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T22:45:58",
"content": "I found this to be really cool. Unfortunatly, My scanner is a ScanJet 2400, so it won’t work for this. Now, if it could scan pages while playing songs, scanning stacks of paper would be much more interesting!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16194",
"author": "Lank",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T23:00:56",
"content": "This is cool as hell, but really really really old.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16195",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T01:36:17",
"content": "Damn, I wish people would tell me when the pull stuff from Digg:http://digg.com/hardware/Play_music_with_your_scannerThis tip was submitted anonymously.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16196",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T04:02:21",
"content": "this is rad. it would be cool in conjunction with printer music and the CRT transmitter.p.s. you run a kick ass site. The stuff is bound to be somewhere else too. it’s great to come here and find this stuff. and to the peeps who are constantly complaining in the comments, if you don’t like it, don’t read it… but either way shut your mouth because nobody cares or wants to hear you whine “oh wahhhhhhh i saw this last year, wahhhh this is on another site, wahhh you did somethin similar last month”. just be thankful this site is here at all.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16174",
"author": "Captsnuffy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T04:31:34",
"content": "Actually eliot, this story appeared on MAKE before it was submitted to digg. In fact, the guy who submitted it seems to have done the same with a lot of make stories. Either way all these good stories get put on all the blogs and new sites anyway, so it doesn’t really matter.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16175",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T04:43:42",
"content": "Oh, whoops, usually I don’t run stories that appear on MAKE, since most people read that site as well. Some how I missed this one though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16176",
"author": "spock",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T05:44:58",
"content": "thats cool. just tried those easter eggs (really the same egg) on my 5p. now if i could get that program to compile.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16177",
"author": "Gus",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T06:22:53",
"content": "The software to play music on the scanner used to be included in the standard install back in the NT/Win95 days. I remember the first time I discovered it. Thought it was the best thing ever. More proof that old-school HP used be really good company.If you can find the original NT driver software, you can likely get the software.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16178",
"author": "acidrain",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T08:14:26",
"content": "Come on, it’s a guy offscreen on a casio.Just kidding.My Dual Alpha server 5000 can play music in BIOS, I forget what it plays though, I haven’t used it lately since it is such a power hungry beast. Essecntially, the BIOS is just a small unix shell.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16179",
"author": "steven",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T08:47:31",
"content": "I can’t stop watching the video, its that cool, I wonder what Beethoven would have thought.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16180",
"author": "vince wheeler",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T13:58:57",
"content": "Hahaha, cool! this reminds me of my C64 days were you could have your discdrive play music as well programming the step motor..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16181",
"author": "Jason Gill",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T17:39:06",
"content": "This is nothing new; the ScanJet 4c actually came with a Windows 3.x program that had five or six songs that HP included on the driver disk. I still have my 4c and will try to dig out the driver 3.5″ if I can find it, will post the software.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16182",
"author": "Deezil",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T19:59:32",
"content": "http://www.eeggs.com/tree/1191.htmlA good place where these were documented before as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16183",
"author": "hypatia",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T20:02:35",
"content": "The classic of course:http://www.sat.qc.ca/the_user/dotmatrix/en/intro.htmlsymphony for dot matrix printers :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16184",
"author": "Adrian",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T20:06:43",
"content": "how about a real POWER balard?http://www.renaultf1.com/en/car/engine/index.php?news=tcm:3-41673",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16185",
"author": "Mike Lynch",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T20:54:41",
"content": "This may explain the HP scanner we received a few years ago — we tried to install the software from the cd only to discover that it was in fact an Ella Fitzgerald album, masquerading as software! Luckily, we had purchased two scanners and the second one had software on it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16164",
"author": "goliathdrakken",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T22:56:31",
"content": "w00t!slashdot:http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/06/01/09/1413257.shtml?tid=222&tid=1",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16165",
"author": "Rob donker",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T23:09:20",
"content": "Reminds (and dates me) of setting a AM radio next to my Altar 8008 and programming different length loops to create “pitches” in the noise on the AM radio. Took about a week to program “Jingle Bells”. Awesome!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16166",
"author": "gargleroadside",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T23:32:50",
"content": "I’ve put the video file of ‘F",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16167",
"author": "Giuliano",
"timestamp": "2006-01-10T02:26:54",
"content": "Hahahaha, my dad has an old HP Scanje 4c. I am so gonna snag that and have some fun. Muwahahahahahah",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16168",
"author": "Architectonic",
"timestamp": "2006-01-10T12:16:14",
"content": "Anybody have a mirror of the video?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16169",
"author": "gargleroadside",
"timestamp": "2006-01-10T14:02:56",
"content": "^ Re: Anybody have a mirror of the video? ^Try the link given in comment #28 above.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16170",
"author": "fever",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T23:57:30",
"content": "Not only is this a function of the scanner and not really a “hack”, the original magazine articles are documented on HP’s site. I have one of these scanners on a shelf somewhere, so I figured I would take E up on their challenge and encode Paul’s Boutique… Needless to say, it’s way more work than I want to attempt. That’s one reason the video is of Fur Elise and not something else.f",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16171",
"author": "shane",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T02:41:28",
"content": "Now that is a cool hackbut I tell you what would make it betteris if played the star wars theme tune in the videothen it wouldnt be coolit would fucking rock",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16172",
"author": "shane",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T02:42:33",
"content": "Now that is a cool hackbut I tell you what would make it betteris if played the star wars theme tune in the videothen it wouldnt be coolit would fucking rock",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16173",
"author": "Qays",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T04:00:40",
"content": "does anyone know how to do this on a USB scanner? If there’s a way to do it on a Umax Astra, does anyone know about it (or know how to write it)?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16162",
"author": "chronic_the_hodog",
"timestamp": "2006-02-24T00:47:56",
"content": "i tried this on my usb HP PCS1350xi AND IT REBOOTED MY COMPUTER! muahahah i guess thats what i get for screwing around with my scanner!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16163",
"author": "Nick stefanisko",
"timestamp": "2006-05-24T22:17:58",
"content": "Very cool, but not new. The origional HP ScanJet (before they started adding numbers and letters to them) came with a program called SJBOX (DOS program) and half a dozen or so files that played music. Playing music on your scanner is still cool though. I used to work for HP and still play french horn in the HP orchestra. One of our members has written a couple of songs based on the sounds made by various pieces of office equipment, such as laser printer duplexers and such.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/07/optical-mouse-based-scanner/
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Optical Mouse Based Scanner
|
Eliot
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[
"camera",
"CCD",
"mouse",
"sprite_tm"
] |
Ever wonder what your desk surface looks like up close? No. No one has. Not even [Sprite_tm], but upon disassembling his optical mouse and discovering its 18×18 CCD
he decided to put it to use
(well, a different use). The optical chip outputs serial information to the USB chip in the mouse. [Sprite_tm] wired the optical chip to a parallel port and wrote a simple program to interpret the data. Not really useful, but it does generate some interesting pictures. Program provided, natch.
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{
"comment_id": "16158",
"author": "steve diraddo",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T19:15:52",
"content": "Very nice.. Very nice. I had always been wondering if this was possible, and now it is. Maybe someone can mod up a little robot that can drive around and scan a whole page.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16157",
"author": "steel maverick",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T20:17:39",
"content": "now if i only had a spare optical mouse lying around…..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16156",
"author": "Jeffrey",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T21:21:15",
"content": "I had this idea back in school, I even rendered a mock up and wrote a report on it. Although my idea was to have a color ccd, that would capture the surface and alow you to paint with it in Photoshop. So if you wanted to make a texture in photoshop you could just find somthing in real life and use your mouse on it. I mean its easy enough to take a picture of an object and use the stamp tool but this would have been quicker. Anyways I think this is very cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16155",
"author": "Isuo",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T21:40:53",
"content": "Excellent! Just wondering though, would it be possible to change the CCD into a higher res one, without causing too many problems?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16154",
"author": "mdip",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T22:17:03",
"content": "hmm… next thing to try is an optical mouse/barcode reader. eh?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16153",
"author": "Wonko the Sane",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T22:59:40",
"content": "Wow – this is strange – at a sitehttp://www.techtales.comyou get stories about people doing silly things and there is a story in October 2005 – How NOT to scan a photo – “So he tried to scan … by putting the photo under his optical mouse!”… and now someone has made it posible!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16152",
"author": "CaptSnuffy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T00:32:26",
"content": "reminds me of this:http://web.media.mit.edu/~kimiko/iobrush/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16151",
"author": "squarehappy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T02:05:34",
"content": "reminds me a lot of the fly pen (http://www.flypentop.com/) out now. it’s the toy that would make kids of five years ago say “i wish we had toys like that when i was a kid”.i also recall seeing but utterly failed to look up a printer in pen form that would follow the location of the pen as you scribbled it over the paper and apply the necessary ink/pressure at the right time. we’re just one step from an all-in-one printer/scanner/copier/fax machine in a pen. all of that and it’ll even modify your handwriting to something legible.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16149",
"author": "fragglestick",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T03:43:00",
"content": "very cool. surprised you usual hater a55bags dont have a problem with it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16150",
"author": "tamzarian",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T05:58:05",
"content": "Well, this is cool. But is is useless, I don’t need to scan small things…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16148",
"author": "olli niemitalo",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T14:01:51",
"content": "Heh, we just had a chat about this a day or two ago. I figured it wouldn’t work very well because of the small sensor and accumulation of positional error especially from rotation of the mouse. Perhaps a really smart system could be made that would not only correlate consecutive frames, but also other overlapping frames.It seems to me that the lighting is not very even. this could be quite easily compensated for.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16147",
"author": "olli niemitalo",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T14:02:42",
"content": "Heh, we just had a chat about this a day or two ago. I figured it wouldn’t work very well because of the small sensor and accumulation of positional error especially from rotation of the mouse. Perhaps a really smart system could be made that would not only correlate consecutive frames, but also other overlapping frames.It seems to me that the lighting is not very even. this could be quite easily compensated for.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16146",
"author": "Wrzl",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T17:30:06",
"content": "Some visual information about optical mouse technology:http://www.ida.net/users/oe1k/OpticalMouse/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16145",
"author": "Dave zatz",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T19:10:29",
"content": "CueCat!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16144",
"author": "MrNGm",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T19:16:11",
"content": "go dutchies! :)this guy comes from holland and studies at a university in the east of the netherlands. never met him but he does really cool things.like adding a usb port to a cheap router (sweex LB000021)http://sprite.student.utwente.nl/~jeroen/projects/lb000021/usb_tutorial/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16143",
"author": "Dustin",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T20:20:52",
"content": "Somebody posted this on slashdot. :/http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/08/1536200",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16142",
"author": "compuforums - friendly computer forums",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T20:53:44",
"content": "This is a GREAT idea!A company should take this on, and start buying people’s old optical mice for, say",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16141",
"author": "JLsoft",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T20:57:11",
"content": "Nice, this instantly reminded me ofhttp://www.atarimagazines.com/v3n12/digitize.htmlwhich I wanted to build ever since I read the article back in high school :)(There were also some commercial products based on the same idea:http://www.atarimagazines.com/v7n6/easyscan.htmlhttp://www.atarimagazines.com/startv4n6/stpictascan.html)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16139",
"author": "CmdrTaco",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T21:07:03",
"content": "Thanks for the article guys, we can’t come up with our own stuff anymore.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16140",
"author": "Bert",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T21:09:33",
"content": "Very nice. Nice spy tool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16138",
"author": "alkzy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T21:49:17",
"content": "some of the best stuff ive seen in awhile!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16137",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T03:03:30",
"content": "what foler do I put that dll in? I don’t have a “winnt” folder in my system32…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16135",
"author": "artbird309",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T19:13:40",
"content": "can i have the Program it look’s fun to play with.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16136",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T20:38:15",
"content": "What about using a Laser Mouse instead of just an optical? wouldn’t that give higher resolution?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16134",
"author": "Wim L",
"timestamp": "2006-01-10T02:17:31",
"content": "that rules! The Agilent datasheet describes some other fun stuff that can be read out from the sensor chip (nothing quite as cool as the image itself though).The next step is to replace the mouse’s probably-OTP usb interface with a MC68HC908JB8 or PIC16C745, so you can read stuff out over the normal USB connection, and add some motors also controlled by the",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16133",
"author": "cold_ion",
"timestamp": "2006-01-11T21:58:16",
"content": "The scanner was just a fun demonstration of the technology. What",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16132",
"author": "golmaal",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T14:03:33",
"content": "Hi,Can it be modified to become a barcode scanner?It would be grand!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16130",
"author": "artbird309",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T02:44:25",
"content": "can i have the software or what is a link to it thanks artbird309 [at] gmail [dot] com.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16131",
"author": "artbird309",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T05:14:01",
"content": "can i have the software or what is a link to it thanks artbird309 [at] gmail [dot] com.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16129",
"author": "artbird309",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T04:21:01",
"content": "can i have the software or what is a link to it thanks artbird309 [at] gmail [dot] com.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16128",
"author": "jajoah",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T22:31:02",
"content": "artbird309, the software can be found athttp://sprite.student.utwente.nl/~jeroen/projects/mouseeye/readmouse.zip",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16127",
"author": "Tim",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T18:30:01",
"content": "?!?!?! Absolutly pointless but cool. Can u put a better CCD in it? It is really crappy quality. Do you guys not mod anything? Whats next a bluetooth toilet? With a usb 4 charging your ipod?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16126",
"author": "papalatiolais",
"timestamp": "2006-04-27T01:24:38",
"content": "wow! simple yet pretty cool. i decided to open up an old optical mouse i had lying around the house. it’s a microsoft intellimouse and has a 16 pin chip. i’m a noob at this stuff but decided to give it a shot anyway to see what results i could get. i’m just having trouble finding info on the chip to figure out the pins and their relativity to the ones in the guide. if anyone has a suggestions send [email protected]. thanks in advance.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16125",
"author": "ian",
"timestamp": "2006-05-04T19:39:55",
"content": "Nice project. Wondering if it be possible to combine this with some OCR software and access to an online dictionary to make a cheap handheld translator. I have seen translator pens like that seehttp://www.wizcomtech.com/but they are quite expensive.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16159",
"author": "bigjermini",
"timestamp": "2007-10-21T14:01:58",
"content": "WHY DOES EVERYBODY SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT THIS HACK/MOD?“Its useless, might be good for bots, why would you want to?” or some other electronic/computer related saying or put down. ive seen this same guy with the same mod on different sites. i tried it and let me tell ya i personally got an astonishing amount of detail by scanning my skin i didn’t even know could be done with 15 bucks. so noww somebody else think MEDICAL PURPOSE! 100points to sprite_tm!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16160",
"author": "Donald",
"timestamp": "2007-12-05T18:28:08",
"content": "I’ve been looking at it from useful standpoints. First, it can be used as a means to measure the speed of a rotating shaft. I’ve also seen it used already in robotics (scanning the ground) to determine motion and position. I also was thinking about using it for medical purposes. If a bright LED is shone through one’s finger, and the point of focus is set under the skin, I suspect this part may have a focal point under the skin. If I could get a cross section of a blood vessel and then if the autocorrelation function can detect the motion of blood through the vessels, it might give both cross section and blood velocity (might need to use audio to detect that with autocorrelation). However, it might be possible to get both the mechanical waveform of the heart (from which it might be possible to extract the ECG from the heart) and it might also be possible to measure blood pressure. Imagine a single finger attachment that gives you pulse-ox, ECG AND blood pressure. Now the medical community would love nothing better than to never have to use a pressure cuff again or to have to attach electrodes to someone’s hairy chest. If you’ve ever had to spend time hooked up to an automated pressure cuff, you know how hard it is to sleep with it on. Definitely a medical breakthrough. Worth experimenting with.-D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16161",
"author": "Paul d\\'Aoust",
"timestamp": "2008-01-19T03:39:11",
"content": "what folder do I put that dll in? I don’t have a “system32” folder in my /usr/lib…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119815",
"author": "elias deeb",
"timestamp": "2010-01-26T20:43:50",
"content": "hello guysdoes any one know how to use an optical mouse to measure the speed of the surface? please let me know if you can. thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "165266",
"author": "lchvdlch",
"timestamp": "2010-08-03T19:36:52",
"content": "The original link is not available (404), but I guess I found the new one herehttp://spritesmods.com/?art=mouseeye",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6403916",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2021-12-03T11:38:34",
"content": "Thank you from the future!",
"parent_id": "165266",
"depth": 2,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6403917",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2021-12-03T11:41:32",
"content": "Beware of covid! Also known as corona virus! You have 9 years.",
"parent_id": "6403916",
"depth": 3,
"replies": []
}
]
}
]
}
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/06/5-foot-long-pata-cable-from-cat5e/
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5 Foot Long PATA Cable From Cat5e
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Not one to be constrained by specifications, Montac decided to construct an ATA cable that was well over the 18 inch maximum length. PATA cables use 80 conductor wire, even though they only have 40 pin connectors. The extra 40 lines are all tied to ground. The cable was constructed from 10 pieces of Cat5e with one line from each twisted pair going to ground. The construction is as tedious as it sounds and at each end there are a few signal lines that also need to be pulled to ground. Once the cable was finished with heat-shrink tubing it was tested. The cable performed as well as, if not slightly better than the standard cables.
[thanks Luke Skaff]
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{
"comment_id": "16111",
"author": "dococ",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T21:39:38",
"content": "Nice. Here is a link to making high quality speaker wire out of cat5:http://www.venhaus1.com/diycatfivecables.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16112",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T21:48:13",
"content": "Very nice looking final product. I know how hard it is to make those cables line up and match nicely since I have made a few for driving LCD displays. I notice that you mention the cross talk benefits of the twisted paid design. Have you tried it with simple flat ribbon cable and it didn’t work? I find that most specs have lots of wiggle room. I wonder how far it could be pushed before errors start to occur. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16113",
"author": "solareon",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T21:58:16",
"content": "that’s pretty badass. I always hated having only 18 inches to play with in those cables.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16114",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T21:58:19",
"content": "wow, that guy is insane!I don’t see why put the grounds in a idc connector instead of just soldering them directly together, it seems like the etra conector would just be a source of problems in the future.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16115",
"author": "billy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T22:03:14",
"content": "you are going to run into priblems in the long run using solid copper wire, first idc connectors are not designed for solid wire, and it will get brittle and the connections will become intermitant.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16116",
"author": "The Tech Department",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T22:17:09",
"content": "This guy is insane. But, I can see applications galore for this. like, say for instance, building a self contained cluster…you could put all of the drives away from all of the other hot stuff, etc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16117",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T22:22:20",
"content": "Has elliot picked a new engadget how-to writer yet?!!Sorry about the irrelevant question. Just wanted to know.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16118",
"author": "Drew",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T23:49:35",
"content": "It always amazes me how many people use UTP cables for things that are not balanced signals. I’m guessing that it dosen’t effect IDE cables too much (since they aren’t shielded anyway), but still…A shielded IDE cable would be pretty intresting. There’s quite a bit of electrical interference in a computer case (for example, sound cards are only going to get so good w/ DAC’s in the case because of interference).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16119",
"author": "Elliott",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T23:55:10",
"content": "so… he used 50+ feet of cat5e to make a 5 foot pata cable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16120",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T00:53:46",
"content": "catV is cheap (or free), i think its a good project… you can find catV cable w/ stranged wires. this may have been a better choice. I wonder if the pata standard is 18″ due to crosstalk issues/interferance, or if its signal loss on the cable… I would lean toward noise. I’m sure a steel braid around it and ferite beads on each end could help out a lot as well.Possible applications?… Carputer dvdrom comes to mind… though I’d probably use a ide->usb adapter and make my long run w/ a usb exension…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16121",
"author": "The Steven",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T00:59:23",
"content": "guess what I’m gonna do this weekend!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16122",
"author": "morcheeba",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T01:07:09",
"content": "Nice work!The length specs aren’t really arbitrary; they depend on the quality of the cable.Two tests I’d do to verify the cable:1. Look at the “Eye pattern” with an oscilliscope. Make sure that the signals on the data lines are transitioning cleanly from 0 to 1 and back, without too much delay and without a lot of ringing. Do this for all channels.2. Look at the skew. The signal might be faster on some wires than others — this requires a logic analyzer to measure well, or at least a two channel scope. Compare the transition on each data line with the clock’s transition.Most importantly, though (and easiest) would be to see if the ATA protocol has a good checksum in it — if so, the data integrity should hold even if it has to re-try. Still, there could be a certain data pattern from a critical file that causes and error every time.. that would really suck.Overall, nice work!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16123",
"author": "CaptSnuffy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T01:30:05",
"content": "I once thought of doing something like this but then realized that doing it would be insanethis man is insane",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16124",
"author": "hex4def6",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T05:43:23",
"content": "I’m not very suprised at the results; twisted pair after all should smoke having ground-signal-ground ribbon cables, due to the reduction in EM noise. Cat5e is unshielded twisted pair (UTP). I wonder what effect shielded twisted pair (STP) would have…Wouldn’t it be better to try this with SATA drives? Fewer wires, faster speeds after all. Whats the max length for SATA?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16110",
"author": "nate mc",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T06:52:09",
"content": "Is there anything cat 5 cable can’t do?I use it for hanging pictures as well as anytime I need some wire and am in a pinch since I have gobs of the stuff from surplus. Hell you could even weave yourself a cat5 basket if you wanted.I vote for cat 5 cable or just any twisted pair copper to be put up next to duct tape in usefullness.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "16108",
"author": "sinn",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T07:19:14",
"content": "#15: I second your vote. I bought 1000′ of cat5e a few years back for $40. In addition to its regular purpose, I’ve used it for who knows how many things. Makes a good speaker wire or for electronics wiring. Hell I’ve even used it to tie up an old futon mattress I was getting rid of :)",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "16109",
"author": "CaptSnuffy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T07:42:03",
"content": "14I once heard of someone wanting to make their own SATA cables on a modding forum but the idea was shot down when another person started talking about SATA having a separation in the conductors for preventing crosstalk and such. So I dont know how much twisting would help distance specs if you need to keep the wires a fair distance apart.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "16105",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T08:09:03",
"content": "#14 – As far as I remember, max length is 1 m (~39″), max for eSATA is 2 m I believe.#15 – Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. I’m the “cable guy” at work (make cables for whomever needs them), so I always have a ton of it lying around. Any time I need to tie a bundle of wires together or anything like that, I just use a piece of cat 5 (or just one twisted pair if the application requires a tight knot). I once even braided the blue, orange, and green pairs into a bracelet for my girlfriend once.",
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{
"comment_id": "16106",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T05:27:21",
"content": "Don’t forget the legendary “Cat5” antenna mod for ZipZaps and other tiny rc stuff! Scraps yet!",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "16107",
"author": "IMWeasel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T08:30:13",
"content": "I once tried to make a USB cable from CAT5. Didn’t work at all. Not sure why…As for SATA cables, the separation might be in there because the wires aren’t twisted inside the cable (I think). Use twisted wires with one of each pair grounded, and the separation might be unnecessary. Notice I said “might.” :-)",
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"comment_id": "16103",
"author": "Clay Autery",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T19:19:32",
"content": "Wow! It never ceases to amaze me how the web works. :-) I designed that cable and wrote that article years ago!!! It works/works fine still toda, but I’ve learned a lot since then. i’d make a lot simpler design now. (I just had to see what caused a 2000% jump in my daily bandwidth usage!) LOL! Mabe y’all would like to see my upcoming articles on building out a Wi-Fi PTP system… Now THAT’s gonna be sweet.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "16104",
"author": "Jeremiah Blatz",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T03:21:39",
"content": "Back in the day, I was building an installation piece that involved a number of Barbie-cams – terrible little digicams almost-but-not-quite conformed to the RS-232 spec. Only problem was the 40ish foot cable runs that we needed. High-quality serial cables crapped out at around 10 feet, so I decided to wire up one using cat5. Worked a charm.Having half the team sitting there soldering up cameras was not that fun, though.http://www.maya.com/web/what/clients/what_client_filmmakers_360.mtml",
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/05/xbox-360-atx-power-supply/
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Xbox 360 ATX Power Supply
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Reader Ran Mokady took a pretty big gamble with this project, but didn’t really have any other choice: his power supply was broken and he couldn’t get a replacement. He ended up replacing it with a standard ATX power supply. Follow along for all of the details.
For anyone who is having problems with their
Xbox 360
power supply, or who (like me) have managed to end up with a burnt out PSU and can’t get a replacement, here’s how I managed to run the console off a standard ATX computer power supply.
The added advantage for me, living in a 220V country and having bought a 110V console from Japan is that I no longer need a huge stepdown transformer to run my console.
I have been running my console off a 250W computer PSU for a week now with no problems
Related:
Xbox 360 Hacks
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"comment_id": "16070",
"author": "duffman3030",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T22:47:58",
"content": "intresting. but you might want to use a different rail for each power connection since power supplys are not designed for or capable of sending all of its power across one rail.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "16071",
"author": "Justin wong",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T22:50:29",
"content": "That’s great… a even BIGGER xbox power supply!all in all, that’s a great hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16072",
"author": "daniel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T22:50:33",
"content": "Cool tip.. but do yourself a favor and invest in some heatshrink tubing…That electrical tape looks pretty gnarly ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16073",
"author": "tnkgrl",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T22:52:26",
"content": "What about the blue wire? Did you leave it disconnected?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16074",
"author": "Joshua Holbrook",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T23:05:25",
"content": "Why wasn’t replacement an option?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16075",
"author": "Ran mokady",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T23:05:39",
"content": "Thanks for the tip duffman3030.tnkgrl – Yes, I left the blue wire disconnected. I suspect (but can’t prove) that it is used to wake up the original xbox psu in some way.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16069",
"author": "Ran mokady",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T23:13:01",
"content": "Replacement wasn’t an option because no one sells spares at the moment and because I imported the xbox from Japan so the cost of sending it back would have been prohibitive. The added advantage is that I now have a 220V psu where the original was 110V. Last but not least, this was much more fun…!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16064",
"author": "jungec",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T23:20:17",
"content": "maybe pin 14 should be hooked to the blue cable. If the blue cable goes to ground maybe it “wakes up” the power supply.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16065",
"author": "Pedersencato",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T23:31:46",
"content": "All I can say is you’re brave… I’d worry to much to try any type of hack on an expensive machine like that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16066",
"author": "Joshua Holbrook",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T00:49:30",
"content": "A Japanese Xbox 360? Crazy!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16067",
"author": "justin pierringer",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T00:56:27",
"content": "Would a original xbox psu be able to have enough to power a 360?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16068",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T01:13:27",
"content": "Ever hear of heatshrink tubing? Wicked dirty job on that cable. It’s beautiful!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "16063",
"author": "brandon kinman",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T02:13:54",
"content": "What was wrong with the power supply? Would it not have just been easier to fix the PSU in the xbox? I understand that fixing the PSU that came with the the would not be very hackish. But perhaps it would have saved you some time?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "16062",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T02:27:14",
"content": "I looked at a US powersupply i believe it showed 5 amps at 120 volts so fallowing watts law volts times amps120*5 should be around 500 watts or so you might want to get a bigger psu also you might be able to wake up the psu by connecting green psu to blue xbox hopefully that will work.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "16060",
"author": "hawkeyeaz1",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T02:40:59",
"content": "I do believe you are suppose to use a resistor between the green and ground on an ATX. But I agree, hooking the blue to the green may be beneficial (or maybe not).",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16061",
"author": "Mrgreen",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T02:42:00",
"content": "LoL Japanese Sexbox,They hate the original,+10 points for Ghettoness+10 Points for drunk luck+10 points for Dirty cabling-10 points for faulty sexbox-10 points for getting a sexbox free-sex-ty-10 points for not using different rails.+1,000,000 points for buying imports (w00t)Nice hack, Keep it up, now i wanna see an original sexbox with water or phase change cooling, and i wanna see UNIX or Linux botting on its fast(ish) hardware (3 IBM power PC cores, low latency speedy ram, Sata DVD drive)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "16057",
"author": "CaptSnuffy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T02:50:58",
"content": "@11Usually a dead psu indicates components critically failing, occasionally accompanied by smoke and frequently followed by much cursing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "16058",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T03:59:49",
"content": "mrgreen – Someone is already selling a 360 watercooling kit.Congrats on getting it to work, ran, it takes balls to just hope that the red and yellow wires are 5v and 12v respectively. Glad it worked out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "16059",
"author": "Mr. Spork",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T04:33:41",
"content": "I agree with most of what’s been said about getting a beefier PSU and connecting to multiple rails. What I’d probably do is go to your nearest electronic supply and invest in some male molex drive connectors, enough so you would have one for each of a given color. Crimp those on your Xbox psu cable and split the load among seperate connectors on your ATX PSU. I’d also investigate that blue wire as well. It’s unlikely that it’s exactly the kind of signal the green wire of your AXT PSU needs to power-on, but you may be able to come up with a circuit which would give you what you need. All likelihood has it that it’s momentarily shorted to ground when you press the power button on the Xbox, so you’ll need to make a circuit which will, when that switch is closed, ground the green wire and keep it that way. It may also serve to put the PSU to sleep as well so take that into consideration.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "16056",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T05:17:02",
"content": "below are some good resources for atx power supply modification, with varying sophistication and technical depth:http://web2.murraystate.edu/andy.batts/ps/powersupply.htmhttp://wiki.ehow.com/Convert-a-Computer-ATX-Power-Supply-to-a-Lab-Power-Supplyhttp://www.instructables.com/ex/i/D5FC00DAB9B110289B50001143E7E506/?ALLSTEPSnaturally, i checked past hacks only <caps>AFTER</caps> submitting the above to the hackaday tipline (thinking i had something that had not been featured). sorry eliot",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "16055",
"author": "jap",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T05:57:24",
"content": "Take a look in almost all 350W psu’s there is only a single 12V rail, all of the wires connect to the same area on the board.Also the xbox is only specced at ~200W, DC 12V 16.5A, 5V 1A.The 12V rail takes a fair amount of current however, hopefully the atx psu used has a decent 12v rail. So either keep the wires as short as possible, or maybe even double up the wiring (atx cable is rated for about 16A when used in those lengths).",
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"comment_id": "16054",
"author": "Nevyn",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T06:17:15",
"content": "To fix the PSU you would’ve needed to know something about the PSU – this way you only need to know anything except the voltage and the fact that it’s a DC current.",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "16053",
"author": "steve diraddo",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T07:42:28",
"content": "BE CAREFUL!!Check the manufacturer of your power supply!Dell Power supplies have a different wiring scheme on their power supplies. Failure to recognize the differences could potentially result in serious hardware damage.Standard ATX:http://pinouts.ru/data/atxpower_pinout.shtmlDell ATX:http://pinouts.ru/data/dell_atxpower_pinout.shtml",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "16052",
"author": "emmanuel Caballero",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T08:23:34",
"content": "tnx diraddo for your post. When my old dell’s power supply broke I could not find a replacement. Good thing, my friend knows someone who could. Now, I just need a generic atx, wire cutting and stripping tool, and heatshrink tubing.",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "16051",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T08:41:29",
"content": "Great job. I am like everyone else I would have been chicken to “try” to fix it and risk blowing it up! Jap is right, most power supplies common up all of the taps.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "16050",
"author": "brian",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T08:46:00",
"content": "The AC power in Japan is actually 100V. Maybe supplying 110V to the power supply led to it’s failure? Although many switching power supplies I’ve come across have a wide input voltage range like 100-240V 50/60Hz. Helps the manufacturers keep costs down by only needing one model.",
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"comment_id": "16049",
"author": "BrutalMutant",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T09:28:39",
"content": "[email protected]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "16048",
"author": "Wobble",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T11:55:48",
"content": "nice mod, looks like somthing i would try :) someone mentioned the need of a resistor, i highly doubt it, i ran a machine with 2 psu’s for over 3 months in a simialr config. while i was getting a cpu replaced i had to run my 6800 gt in a box that had a 250watt psu, (it was a gutted dell board and propritary psu and i couldnt easily upgrade it) so i wired a PSU to always on and hooked it up to my vid card and the other psu up to the mainboard, worked with out a hitch for atleast a month with no issues. id say your all set.-Wobbleps. electrial tape is great screw heat shrink :)",
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"comment_id": "16047",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T13:24:13",
"content": "OLD NEWSMany of us have been running consoles off ATX PSU’s for a long time. Hell, I ran my Gamecube off an old 450w Antec Truepower for over a year because I left the PSU at my parents place, 200 miles away. I’d hardly consider this a ‘hack’. Scraping the barrel, I’d say….",
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"comment_id": "16046",
"author": "notch",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T16:51:58",
"content": "the post about the dell power supply is wrong, at least for all new dells. they comply with the atx standard now. and all the taps come off the same spot in a psu if you have ever opened one up, the limitations would be the current capacity of the wire as long as it is at least 18 gauge he should be fine. I would just hold the “new” wire in your hand and make sure it isnt getting too warm, if not you will be fine",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "16045",
"author": "zipperseven",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T17:02:19",
"content": "mr green-hardocp did a homebrew water cooling solution for the 360, looks pretty cool for an aftermarket mod.http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=OTM5",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "16044",
"author": "chase snyder",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T18:23:23",
"content": "hey, whoever posted that second post justin wang, wennier, whatever the hell your name is, shut the hell up. he didnt do it to be cool, he did it because he had no other power supply to work with. dumbass",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "16043",
"author": "andrew sim",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T19:41:35",
"content": "great work! all we need now is someone to hack the 360’s PSU to use with a computer…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "16041",
"author": "appleguru",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T20:11:35",
"content": "Nice hack; at least someone had the balls to try it :)As for not being able to buy a replacment psu anywhere.. I wouldn’t say that either… Ebay is a good place.. I’m currently selling one there ;)http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8248866566",
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"comment_id": "16042",
"author": "Tifose",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T20:23:03",
"content": "Hey let me first thank u for this, i have my 360 power supply not working too when i start up my 360 the menu would come up but when ever i try putting in the DVD or Game the system would turn off try it with my friends power supply and it worked. i do have a ATX power supply and i do think it’s 250 too . ganna try this out!!",
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{
"comment_id": "16040",
"author": "mtxf",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T20:59:11",
"content": "i seem to remember that the 360 psu brick had a fan/fans, maybe the blue wire is some kind of control for that…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "16039",
"author": "Mrgreen",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T21:05:39",
"content": "to zipperseven and tiuk, yes i have seen this, but i dont accept it because it looks so proffesional- i want ghetto!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "16037",
"author": "Tifose",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T22:04:51",
"content": "“i seem to remember that the 360 psu brick had a fan/fans” there is no fans in the power supply i did open my own",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16038",
"author": "daguuy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T01:21:12",
"content": "very nice! computer PSUs are a good idea since they don’t overheat easily. since XBOX 360 only uses 12v and 5v and 136 watts, it would be possible to use one of the older PSUs from a pentium or something because they use a real power switch instead of a clicky switch so you don’t have to worry about the green wire and stuff. they also ouput 12v and 5v at 150 watts which, if i’m rigt about XBOX 360 taking 136 watts, should be enough",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "16036",
"author": "j0hnnywest",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T03:15:42",
"content": "OmG I HaD A pOwEr SuPpLy OnCe!!NoT On A xBoX ThO",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "16035",
"author": "pimpmaul69",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T07:03:12",
"content": "so what about the blue wire…is it a trigger switch to power the psu…i dunno this may be answered in the comments",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "16034",
"author": "pimpmaul69",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T07:33:11",
"content": "ok so on the blue wire check for dc voltage output while powered off then try it powered on…that will tell you if it is power for psu’s fans if there are or supposed to be there….and to check if it powers on the psu then run a continuity test…put one bar to the cables ground and one to the blue wire and with the psu turned off press the power button…if you get a quick connection then this means you need to connect the blue wire to pin number 14",
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"comment_id": "16033",
"author": "pimpmaul69",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T07:38:53",
"content": "oh and one more note…if you do it the way this guy did install a pushbutton on the psu and attach pin 13 and 14 to it…YOU DO NOT WANT A CONSTANT POWER TO GROUND!!!!!!!…you will fry the psu eventually",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "16032",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T07:58:33",
"content": "I’m sorry pimpmail, but you’re wrong.Shorting the green pin (14) to any ground (13 is closest) will NOT fry the PSU. The ATX specification calls for this pin to be shorted constantly anyways, it’s how the computer you type on stays on. The blue wire is usually for negative 12 volts (-12), it should be connected but I’d check an actual power supply from a 360 first. This wire could also be a vsense wire to check the status of the voltages coming from the supply itself, but I’m willing to be on -12 volts.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "16031",
"author": "pimpmaul69",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T08:50:19",
"content": "even if that is so about the jumping of the 2 wires…even though a mobo does have resistance between the two and it is safer that way it is irrelavent to how i told him how to test the blue wire…a continuity test will answer if it is for turning on the psu just by pressing the power button on the xbox",
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"depth": 1,
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{
"comment_id": "16030",
"author": "stace",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T18:42:53",
"content": "did this hack all worked and powered up but the main system lights all flashed red ???? so still i cant play my xbox360 i used a atx psu 230 volts was this correct??? also my dvd tray wouldnt open is this a power issue ???pls reply to my e mail [email protected]",
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"comment_id": "16028",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T12:34:57",
"content": "Coudln’t you go to radioshack and buy an simple on/off switch, attach the blue wire to the positive, black wire to the negative which would allow you create a circuit in which you could turn the PSU on/off at will. Isn’t this what few of you are suggesting. Cool workaround tho.",
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"comment_id": "16029",
"author": "stace",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T13:15:45",
"content": "hi there so i did the atx power pack thing great stuff but my xbox360 all the lights when i power it up flash red around the on button??? and it wont open my dvd tray?? is there not enough power going ttrough it ??? im using a 230 volt atx psu ??? pls help i follewed the wireing in the diagram so its all good apart from that ?",
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"comment_id": "16027",
"author": "stace",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T13:16:33",
"content": "hi there so i did the atx power pack thing great stuff but my xbox360 all the lights when i power it up flash red around the on button??? and it wont open my dvd tray?? is there not enough power going ttrough it ??? im using a 230 volt atx psu ??? pls help i follewed the wireing in the diagram so its all good apart from that ?",
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"comment_id": "16026",
"author": "Ran Mokady",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T01:36:59",
"content": "stace – I had the red light thing initially when I didn’t have all the wires connected or when I wasn’t providing enough juice – I tried this on my lab PSU first which didn’t have enough power to run the box and gave the red light thing. Make sure it’s all connected. Also I’m using a 250W PSU – 230 sounds marginal as as far as I know the number quoted is always peak.",
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/26/printed-circuit-board-etching/
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This isn’t meant to be the definitive PCB etching post. I don’t have any experience etching boards and was hoping readers could contribute their best/favorite methods for etching boards in the comments.
We’re linking to Tom Gootee’s page on
toner transfer etching
. The first step is to print the design on glossy paper using a laser printer. An iron is then used to transfer the toner to a prepped copper board. The board is then soaked in etchant to remove the exposed copper. The printer toner is mostly plastic and resists the etchant. Once the board is etched, Acetone is used to remove the toner. Tom has been keeping his site up to date and as his research progresses.
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"comment_id": "15757",
"author": "Don",
"timestamp": "2005-12-26T20:32:23",
"content": "I’ve been trying to find some information on building a PCB spray etcher. Although transfers and board preparation are important i’ve found that that only way to get really sharp clean lines is to use a spray etcher. Unfortunately commercial units start at $1k and go much higher than that. Anyone know of any good resources?",
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"comment_id": "15758",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2005-12-26T21:55:14",
"content": "Oh man i had looked for these instructions once and never found them. thats crazy. Thanks for the post. He talks about the show “Strange Days”. I happened across that episode for no particular reason but on that they used aluminum foil as the etch and copier toner to transfer the pattern (i think).This is perfect for the budding builder in us all that cant afford the cost or the equiptment for commercial boards.BTW. Rss: Broken. Again. Stuck two back.Hal",
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"comment_id": "15756",
"author": "Jared",
"timestamp": "2005-12-26T23:07:31",
"content": "Same here, rss feed not working again.And, wow! I had never really considered etching PCBs at all, but if I were going to, I would use this guy’s instructions!",
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"comment_id": "15754",
"author": "Itay",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T00:42:22",
"content": "I’ve used this method successfuly. It’s cheap and pretty easy. Just have patience and it’ll come out great.",
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"comment_id": "15755",
"author": "Thomas",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T00:59:36",
"content": "I’ve used Gootee’s site for making PCBs.The process works great. I’ve made several boards using this process. Even the first board I hade with it worked.Beware of the double-sided copper clad board Radio Shack sells. I tried one of these, and it didn’t stand up to the heat of ironing. Something under the copper vaprized, which bubbled and popped the copper layer open.I used the recommended Staples paper with good results. However, a recent update to the site says the Staples paper might be different now.I bought a Dremel drill press (requires a Dremel tool) for drilling holes. It works great. Drilling the holes without a drill press is nearly impossible. I bought my drill bits at a hobby shop.",
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"comment_id": "15753",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T02:02:28",
"content": "after making a few, the hardest part is still drilling the holes. I would definitly recomend the above mentioned dremel press. be sure that whatever you are using to do the designing leaves a center hole in each copper pad- it makes the drilling process go much faster.",
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"comment_id": "15752",
"author": "Philippe",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T02:05:34",
"content": "I did some pcb recently (with surface mounted stuff) using photographic method. I’ve never had any success with toner-transfer.",
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"comment_id": "15751",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T03:41:46",
"content": "#5, that’s the glue that bonds the copper to the fiberglass. Apparently, whoever sources the material for RS uses a glue with a really low melting point (or your iron temperature is *way* too hot).However, I’d suspect the material, since *everything* Radio Shack sells now is complete garbage.",
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"comment_id": "15748",
"author": "tns",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T03:47:40",
"content": "i’ve used this method countless times, and the only problem that i’ve found with it is trying to make two-sided boards. the pattern transfers perfectly to the first side, and then the pattern will transfer perfectly to the second side as well. the problem is that when you iron the second side on, you melt the toner on side one and totally screw it up.i experimented with trying to pattern both sides at once by using an iron on a stove, and ended up cooking the copper right off the board. it was a simple mistake of having the oven on too high, but it was costly… burning copper/fiberglass smells like cat piss… i later measured the temperature of my iron and stove with my multimeter, and the iron was around 400f if i remember correctly, but my thermocouple melted and disappeared at around 900 (and climbing) on the stove…",
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"comment_id": "15749",
"author": "Rob",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T04:15:53",
"content": "I have been doing my own PCBs for some time now.I have found the photo-etching technique to be the most reliable and yields excellent results (even though it can be slightly more expensive).This involves printing the PCB pattern on a transparency. This transparency used to tranfer the image to the board using UV light (I use a fluro light).For drilling I first use a small centre punch to make an indent in the board. Then I use a small arlec drill I have to do all the holes, this seems to be the most reliable method I have found short of having a proper drill press.",
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"comment_id": "15750",
"author": "acceptable Risk",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T04:58:18",
"content": "I’ve used a similar method in the past. My method differs in a few ways.-I’ve used an inkjet printer with no problems despite what Mr. Gootee claims.-I tend to just use glossy magazine/catalog paper to print my patterns onto. Way cheaper than photo paper.-I wrap my PCB in a very SLIGHTLY damp towel when I iron the transfer on. The moisture helps keep the heat even and almost completely prevents burning. Also I’ve never had a need to use hot water to peel the paper off, maybe it’s because I use the damp towel.-I usually just float the board on top of the ferric chloride, copper side down. Put a little piece of tape on the back to use as a handle and use a light touch and the surface tension of the solution should hold it up. It probably takes longer than bubbling/manually agitating the solution, but I’ve never had any problems.Really the way I’ve done it isn’t so different from his, but his directions seem overly complicated/specific. There’s probably some reason for it. He probably gets better results than I do, but I’ve done plenty of SMT work on boards done my way so it’s good enough for me.",
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"comment_id": "15744",
"author": "foobario",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T05:27:16",
"content": "I find photographic transfer to be less work and higher quality than toner, but you use what works for you. In my experience the toner process can give uneven results with very small pads/traces… undercutting gets to be a problem.To make drilling easier, change the shape of your through-hole pads from circles to donuts… with the metal already etched away from the center of the hole, the drill-bit is self-centering.",
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"comment_id": "15745",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T05:58:48",
"content": "I’m curious about you folks doing this. Considering the cost of having PCBs made professionally ($65 for 5 pieces, 2 layers, up to 100 square inches,http://www.pcbfabexpress.com), why would you mess with making your own?I’ve made my own PCBs by hand (in the old days, before inkjet printers and the internet), and given the materials cost, the somewhat unpredictable results, hassles of drilling, lack of good silk screen, and the over/under etching for very small pads, why do this?This is a serious question, not a troll. Given that you’ll spend nearly as much in money, and far longer in time, why go this route?",
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"comment_id": "15746",
"author": "Saf",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T06:36:17",
"content": "Well jc you do make a good point, if we wanted professional pcb for our projects it would be make sense to have it made for us at a cost.But do you really think thats fun?, also i rekon it would be cheaper for mass production pcb making to buy the materials and make them yourself, i mean to make a few hundred pcb or go and pay $65 per 5 pcb’s, which do you think is cost effective?.Annywhoo, back in school days, i did electronics for a g.c.s.e and the only method we were taught was the u.v light method, was simple and quick for double sided pcb’s, they had this special made uv box, was basically a sandwich maker with the insides taken out, then 4 uv bulbs were placed into it (2 on the top half, and 2 bottom), then perspex was cut to size to make a nice flat surface on both sides. Then all that had to be done was track printed out using a laser printer or inkjet (the school had nice hp laser jets, and were far more crisp and precise than inkjet prints)Line the pcb and track up then lay it into the uv box, close and switch on for a minute or so, and hey presto nice precise pcb in a matter of minutes.",
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"comment_id": "15747",
"author": "mc",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T06:38:04",
"content": "I’ve done this before, it works well but it does take some practice to get a perfect board every time. for drilling the holes, i bought a few dozen high-quality new pcb drills from a guy in sweden who got them at auction from a pcb house. i have a dremel mounted in a homemade cnc machine, export the drill locations and get everything centered, then let ‘er rip. for double-sided board you need to have something to wick the heat away a little from the already-transferred side. i’ve also tried building up a sandwich with toner-transfer on both sides, ironing a little and flipping until everything’s stuck on. the toner method also doesn’t address through-hole plating, a process that is doable at home but requires a large amount of chemicals and time. i find it much easier to use component leads as vias when possible, and for additonal vias you just strip a foot or so of wire and loop through all the holes, solder both sides then snip off the excess. lacing the wire through the holes keeps it in place so you can solder a bunch of vias in one shot.you also have to consider professionally-made boards, especially when doing really fine-pitch smd and important projects. i have used, with great results,http://www.olimex.comdouble-sided solder-masked through-plated silk-screened and free cutting 6.3″x3.9″ for $33. they will panelize it into as many boards as you can fit, plus they will combine multiple files onto one boards and cut them apart, free. they are in bulgaria and it can be hard to get your credit information to them, but very good results.",
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"comment_id": "15743",
"author": "Xaph",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T08:53:08",
"content": "acceptable risk: can you elaborate? I too, am plagued by the lack of a laser printer. Your post is the first time I’ve heard of anyone transferring to PCBs using an inkjet.Any special settings you use? How good is the quality of the result? Does it work with ammonium/sodium perchlorate etchants? By “wrapping in a towel”, you mean you place the paper with the pattern on top of the PCB, then wrap the whole thing in a towel, then iron through the towel? If anyone else has heard of this, please advise, since I’d really like to try this out.",
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"comment_id": "15742",
"author": "thomas",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T09:23:11",
"content": "#12,your point is well taken.i use it because it is cheaper and faster for me. not including whatever my time is worth, i can make a board with this method for a couple of bucks. i can make one of these boards in a few minutes as opposed to waiting a few days for a board to arrive by mail. also, quality usually isn’t an issue, and i usually only want one board.if i wanted more than one copy of a board and/or excellent quality, ordering them makes infinitely more sense. the toner transfer method is really just for quick prototyping and tinkering as far as i’m concerned…which is about all i do. ;-)",
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"comment_id": "15736",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T11:02:54",
"content": "don’t photocopiers use laser printing? i thought i could print on a standard piece of photo paper and then put it on a transparency with a xerox machine. (i would use the UV method, since my photo class has a darkroom and lights that are connected to timers, giving me precision control over the exposure time.)it’s a lot like traditional film printing, although it’s more like a contact sheet (click on my name ^^^ for a definition) than an enlargment",
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"comment_id": "15737",
"author": "kyle",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T11:26:32",
"content": "i’ve only used this method once, and it was the first time i made a pcb myself. i found that if you’re careful and patient it can work pretty well. i dont have a laser printer either, but i just printed it out at home on regular paper and photocopied it onto photo paper at staples using their machines. it worked, but i dont recommend photocopying it if you need high precision. i also found that his muriatic acid/hydrogen peroxide mix worked pretty well. using this method i was able to make a small pcb for about $4 out of pocket (although i had some of the stuff before i started).",
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"comment_id": "15738",
"author": "§ean",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T12:23:05",
"content": "Here’s a nice web guide with pics.http://computerchristmas.com/index.phtml?link=how_to&HowToId=8",
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"comment_id": "15739",
"author": "Dingo_aus",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T13:28:37",
"content": "What do you do to protect the copper traces? Do you need to go over them with sodler to tin them or is there a better, less intensive method of protection?",
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"comment_id": "15740",
"author": "foobario",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T13:44:42",
"content": "#12: “Given that you’ll spend nearly as much in money, and far longer in time, why go this route?”It’s not a given. You’ll spend nowhere near as much money, but you will spend much more time. Some of us have more time than money, so this arrangement works out very well.My initial setup cost about the same as getting some boards made professionally. (Tank with bubbler, heater, and thermometer, light box for photo method, chemicals.) Since then it’s just been the cost of materials: I’m making 2-sided boards for around $2US each.I’ve had some boards made professionally, but making them myself feels good, saves me money, and gives me something constructive to do with my time.Plus, what sounds better: “I made this” or “I bought this”?",
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"comment_id": "15741",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T17:31:47",
"content": "I’ve used this method to make several PCBs over the past several months. I use it because I have more time than money (yay college life) and because I can do it in my apartment without needing to carry around any bulky equipment (etching tanks, etc) that I wouldn’t need already.To etch double-sided, here’s my strategy: Do the toner transfer on one side. Then take it to the drill-press and drill out several of the holes. Then I take the other side’s pattern and poke through the equivilant holes with a sewing pin, and hold the board and not-yet-transferred page up to the light, sliding it around until I get it positioned just right so I see light through all the holes I drilled. Then I iron that side on and etch. Works like a charm.Does anyone have a source for the Dremel drill press? It would be nice to use my Dremel rather than relying on being able to get time in the scenery shop in the theater department here. ;) I’ve googled around from time to time but the drillpress attachment seems to be discontinued (unless we’re talking about some inventive use of the tile cutter attachment?)Also, what do you guys use to cut your boards? I’ve been using a bandsaw, but that’s probably not good for the boards or the bandsaw..",
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"comment_id": "15731",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T17:36:06",
"content": "#20, I’m surprised your cost per board is that low, given what I see double-sided copper clad going for around here.As far as ‘Plus, what sounds better: “I made this” or “I bought this”?’, my primary enjoyment is in the design and CAD work, and the finished product. The time consuming tedious parts (purchasing components, making PCBs, and to some extent, assembling them), just don’t do much for me.After all, when you say “I made this”, did that include fabbing your own ICs dies and packaging them? :)",
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"comment_id": "15732",
"author": "Rich",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T19:04:36",
"content": "I photodocumented my first attempt at the toner-transfer method. It worked great. I haven’t added notes yet, but it’s pretty self-explanatory.http://www.shatterscape.com/gallery/My-First-Etching",
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"comment_id": "15733",
"author": "reboots",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T20:11:12",
"content": "I’ve tried Mr. Gootee’s technique with several different photo papers. The best I’ve found is also the cheapest Fry’s/outpost.com sells: GQ Glossy Photo Paper #2687282. Fry’s often has this paper on sale for $.99 for 20 sheets. It does not require tedious scrubbing to remove (in fact, contact with water should be avoided entirely); just iron it thoroughly with a backing sheet, allow to cool, and peel off. I have had good results with such high-resolution applications as RF stripline and TSSOP pads.Double-sided boards can be made as well. I etch one side while protecting the other with contact paper, drill a couple of guide holes and transfer the second side, then etch again with the first side protected. Labor-intensive but it beats a board house for same-day results.",
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"comment_id": "15734",
"author": "tns",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T20:46:12",
"content": "ryan: how do you iron the toner onto the second side without screwing up the first? I’ve tried it many times with many different approaches, and I haven’t gotten it to work. I’ve tried gluing the paper to the first side and leaving it on while ironing side two on. I’ve tried the same method but with a cold, wet towel under the first side. I’ve tried ironing both at once using a cookie sheet, stove, and iron. I’ve never been able to make a two-sided-board because I always melt the toner off the first side while ironing on the second side.",
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"comment_id": "15735",
"author": "acceptable Risk",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T21:56:56",
"content": "xaph:I print my transfers from a cheap lexmark inkjet printer. Perhaps it’s the combination of the cheap glossy magazine paper I use that makes it work, I don’t know. It’s worked in the past for me.By wrap in a towel, I mean: After you scrub the board with steel wool/nylon scrubber, Line up your your pattern on the board and fold both in a damp towel then apply heat through the towel. Use high heat and press straight down for thirty or forty seconds to make sure it gets stuck (provided your board is smaller than the sole of your iron), then move the iron in slow spirals to ensure that every place is well heated. Better to heat it for a little too long than not long enough.The comments system removes all capital letters so my post lost the emphasis on “hot” when I said I didn’t need hot water. When done ironing just toss the whole board into a pan of water. Let it sit for a few minutes and carefully peel the paper away. Sometimes you need to rub a little with your fingers, but be careful not to rub off a trace. Usually if it doesn’t just slide right off, you should probably just let it soak a little longer.I’ve only ever used ferric chloride as an etchant, so I can’t advise otherwise. I also reuse my etchant many many times before I replace it. I’m not sure what you’re _supposed_ to do with it.When it’s done etching, just clean the board with some acetone or nail polish remover and drill.The results are pretty good. Easily distinguishable from a professionally printed board, but enough to get the job done for me. Ocassionally, I’ve needed to use a Sharpie marker or a correction pen to fix the smallest of traces, depending on whether I catch them before or after I etch. I’ve used them for moderately large surface mount work with no particular problems.I suppose I should also note that I’ve really only done single sided boards with this method. Though, I don’t know why it wouldn’t work for double sided.",
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"comment_id": "15730",
"author": "foobario",
"timestamp": "2005-12-28T00:54:20",
"content": "#22: our local surplus shop sells copperclad scraps for $1/pound, regardless of size and number of copper sides. Most of my cost in making a board is in the photoetch chemicals.",
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"comment_id": "15729",
"author": "foobario",
"timestamp": "2005-12-28T01:10:58",
"content": "#21:our Fred Meyer’s has had the Dremel drill press for $38.Harbor Freight has a small benchtop 5-speed drill press that goes on sale for $35-$40 a few times a year. It’s precise enough for this work and leaves your Dremel free for other carnage.",
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"comment_id": "15727",
"author": "n00bmaster",
"timestamp": "2005-12-28T01:17:06",
"content": "have been doing this for years at my school. We use a t-shirt press instead of an iron. It works really good.",
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"comment_id": "15728",
"author": "Sean Mitchell",
"timestamp": "2005-12-28T07:25:22",
"content": "A few things to note here.I had an old laser printer which wasnt working anymore, but the fuser unit still worked great on it. I took the entire printer apart and removed the fuser unit and now I use that for ironing my designs onto the copper clad board. It is only heated from one side, but I would imagine you could get both sides of the toner to transfer in one pass through the transfer unit (since it squishes it quite tightly as it goes through the unit!)#2, in the new year I will be getting a dremel drill press. In Canada, Canadian tire sells 2 versions (Dremel brand and a knockoff), for about $50 and $40 CAD respectively. I dont know if they ship internationally, but I think you can buy online athttp://www.canadiantire.ca. Ebay has a bunch of them too.’Great comments here!",
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"comment_id": "15724",
"author": "xaph",
"timestamp": "2005-12-28T10:06:52",
"content": "acceptable risk:Thanks for that! My next crazy idea will definitely involve an attempt at your technique :) If you maybe have a photo of results or any itermediate steps, I’d like to see them, but I think I have the jist of the idea.",
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"comment_id": "15725",
"author": "Chris",
"timestamp": "2005-12-28T19:00:18",
"content": "I’ve used the methods detailed here before to various levels of success.The Staples paper he mentions does work well, it is very thick and leaves nice lines. Although if you are etching thin traces I find its less of a headache to get the board done by a pro.I’ve been using these guys:http://www.custompcb.com/They’re really fast at getting your board back to you, and the cost is much less than all the money I’ve put into ethcing fluid, heaters, paper, toner, trace pens, etc.",
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"comment_id": "15726",
"author": "Boreger",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T14:46:11",
"content": "Well, this technology remembers me, for the the press&peel T-shirt printing.If I making a PCB, usually i using two technology.First is the inking. It’s fast, effective for the small, dirty jobs, even the small digital circuits.Usually i cleans the cuted boards with the common household scouring powder. For the drying, is use a hairdryer.After that, I lays and scitch tape the printed, board layout to the PCB, and punch the center of the drilling holes, and the corners of the smd pads. If I use SO packages or 0603 size component I punch only the center of the pads. I use a light hammer, and a tapered 3 mm drill, for this job.When I done it, I grab my Staedler 0.5mm or 0.25mm technical pen and draws the layout. The ink could be anykind of unwashable, carmin red, ink. Never use black or different color. Somehow, the acid resistance not depend on the maker of the ink, it’s depends on the color. (Maybe some chemists knows the answer.)When the ink dryed, the PCB goes to the ferric acid bath.Second is the common photo-printing:I use this method for the small board series, and the difficult digital circuits.The cleaning process is same as the inking. After that I spray Positive20 or other photo sensitive paint to the cleaned boards, and dry them in dark, warm place. I print the layout to acril sheet with laser printer, or transparent technical paper by bubble-jet printer (not recommended for the fine lines). I fix the layout to the dryed boards and put under the UV light for 30 min.After that i soak the boards to the developer fluid (TN 140 for example) for 1 or 2 minutes. I wash the developed boards and etching in the ferric acid.Happy hacking!",
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"comment_id": "15723",
"author": "Angstrom",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T16:22:34",
"content": "I have recently made a few with the most simple method, and good for those without a laser printer: drawing etch resist directly onto the board. I suppose its not so great for making very complex boards.get a printout of the circuit tracks, sticky tape it to the copperclad. Get a fine nail and hammer, tap each drill hole marked on the schematic. peel off printout and draw connecting tracks in etch resist marker. Etch.it works for me & is really cheap & quick.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15722",
"author": "rafael vuijk",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T18:07:36",
"content": "I tried toner-transfer once and the paper didn’t want to come off :(Also tried that special blue print ‘n peel sheet but it came useless out of the laserprinter all crumped up.The chemical garbage is much a bigger problem than the optic tranfer imho.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15721",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T04:11:55",
"content": "regarding the longevity of ferric chloride etchants: generally speaking, you can reuse the same liquid for as long as it remains a) effective b) its original color. saying it should remain the ‘original color’ is a simplistic way of saying that its useable as long as the solution isnt contaminated by the products of the etching reaction.note the particulate matter that precipitates out of solution. you should of course be applying mild heat and agitating the liquid during the etching. (check the bottle for the ideal temp, as it varies by concentration/pcb material/manufacturer). after the board has been removed from the bath, let the solution settle, and then decant the liquid that remains. the concentration usually increases slightly from evaporation, so a well used etchant sample will often do the job more quickly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15720",
"author": "justin",
"timestamp": "2005-12-31T02:44:30",
"content": "Regarding #13 and #14.Another reason to do it yourself is the quickness. Sure getting 5 boards for 65 bux sounds ok, but are you willing to wait a week for them, and then maybe find out that you missed a pad or two? This way makes it easy to make a couple in one afternoon, and see any mistakes youve made over the way.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15719",
"author": "kyle",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T22:06:07",
"content": "i totally agree, im so impatient that i often find myself browsing radioshack’s sorry ass selection because i dont want to wait a week to get my parts. i like this method because its fast.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15718",
"author": "Gordonwong",
"timestamp": "2006-02-07T04:52:41",
"content": "I spent many years trying various things:litho film, photoresist, toner transfer via label backing paper, ferric chloride, ammonium persulfate etc.Here’s what really works every time. It took took me 25 years to find this out:Print image reversed on plain paper with a laser printer. Iron candle wax into it to make it translucent. Expose onto a photoresist coated board. I use two UV flouresents in a twin-tube desk lamp at 4″ for 5 minutes under picture frame glass.Etch with 3/4 12% hydrogen peroxide (hairdressing supply) and 1/4 muriatic acid (hardware store). Keep it moving. And do it outside. The solution makes its own heat (no heaters, no sprayers or bubblers) and the etch is done in 3.2 minutes flat! You can SEE the progress unlike ferric chloride. Neutralize afterwards with baking soda.You could use drugstore 3% peroxide but it’s a six minute etch instead of three minutes.Cost: 1 litre 12% peroxide was $5, 1 litre muriatic acid was $4. Good for dozens of etches – make a new batch every time.If you do this quite often, better not to dump the resultant copper chloride into the environment. Save in a plastic bottle after neutralizing, label it and drop it to the hazdardous waste facility in your area.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15717",
"author": "Rolan yang",
"timestamp": "2006-02-15T23:01:38",
"content": "A solution of cupric chloride and muriatic acid can be used to etch boards. The best part about using this method is that bubbling air through the solution (and adding more water when necessary) regenerates its ablity to etch. No more pouring used etchant down the toilet!Search the web for articles on the chemical reaction.Here are some pics on my site:http://photo.omnistep.com/cucl2/~Rolan",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15716",
"author": "Davy",
"timestamp": "2006-02-16T19:09:16",
"content": "I use the Press n’ Peel transfer paper never tried inkjet paper. I hit on an idea the other day whilst orinting a CD on the Canon ip5000 — the ol’ marbles started ratlin’ what if I thought, if I replaced the CD with a PCB, when I get round to it I’ll give it a try.Ok, Ok we all don’t want a round PCB including me, just a slight alteration to the software, mechansim maybe and then we’ll worry about the ink standing up to a bath..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15770",
"author": "mishgan",
"timestamp": "2008-09-07T13:20:56",
"content": "",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "52485",
"author": "luteragzfer",
"timestamp": "2008-11-27T12:36:40",
"content": "Mike Mossberg, I know you reading this forum, please contact me, because I can’t find your contact details.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "54124",
"author": "Whenserce",
"timestamp": "2008-12-07T10:23:03",
"content": "chi conosce msn discovery?Ho come antivirus Avast home versione 4.8.1292,credo di essermi registrato verso Settembre 2007,poi siccome ho dovuto riformattare il Pc 2 volte ho reinstallato sempre lo stesso Antivirus e sempre l’ho registrato con la stessa chiave di licenza.Ora mi domando ma la licenza vale 14 mesi da quando ne ho fatto richiesta la 1 volta oppure ogni volta che ho reinserito la chiave si ?? come dire rinnovato il periodo di validit??’? poi quando scade ti avvisano loro o devo richiedere io la nuova chiave di licenza? ‘C?? un modo per sapere la scadenza precisa della licenza oppure no? Perch?? se clicco sulla pallina di Avast e clicco sulla voce Riguardo avast mi dice solo Scadenza aggiornamenti lunedi 1 Dicembre 2008 0.00.00,grazie per l’aiuto.Ho provato anche a richiedere il numero della licenza,ma mi hanno spedito solo la chiave senza data di registrazione e scadenza.[img]http://www.chatt-gratis.net/javachat/immagini/content.gif[/img]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "54806",
"author": "james",
"timestamp": "2008-12-12T05:23:19",
"content": "hey davy (above),Right idea, wrong kind of printer. Epson is the only consumer grade (possibly only) printer that uses an electro-static um uhh… here’s aweb site.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "55684",
"author": "MelvinXH",
"timestamp": "2008-12-18T00:25:46",
"content": "Hi just off subject . just wanna ask anyone know what is the best company provide good identity theft protection out there ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "61545",
"author": "kookimebux",
"timestamp": "2009-02-01T16:01:24",
"content": "Hello. And Bye. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "79510",
"author": "mini glass bubblers",
"timestamp": "2009-06-27T21:03:26",
"content": "Similar post I found some other places . Here I want to talking about some bubbler. Some quality bubbler just placing my link with this",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/25/tempest-for-eliza/
|
Tempest For Eliza
|
Eliot
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
“
Tempest for Eliza
” is a program written by Erik Thiele to demonstrate the RF transmission properties of CRT monitors. The program is capable of transmitting sound over AM frequencies just by the unique way it drives the monitor. The electromagnetic emissions of CRTs can be a security problem as demonstrated by
Van Eck phreaking
, watching someone’s screen just by collecting RF transmissions. In the late ’90s
Ross Anderson
developed software to help reduce the RF transmissions of monitors. These specialized fonts combined with shielding can greatly reduce the risk of attack and is something the NSA has been
researching for many years
.
[thanks
gsham
]
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{
"comment_id": "15705",
"author": "Jacob",
"timestamp": "2005-12-25T19:16:21",
"content": "this is awesome! i wonder what the range on something like this is",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15706",
"author": "Jacob",
"timestamp": "2005-12-25T19:16:30",
"content": "this is awesome! i wonder what the range on something like this is",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15707",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2005-12-25T20:21:21",
"content": "Is it me or are CRTs a thing of the past? If i had one this would be sweet party trick.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15708",
"author": "Matthew",
"timestamp": "2005-12-25T20:31:14",
"content": "@bird603568i’m using a crt right now. a lot of hardcore gamers still use them. plus where i work they still use them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15709",
"author": "Bobert",
"timestamp": "2005-12-25T20:44:44",
"content": "Merry Cristmas!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15710",
"author": "FRosty",
"timestamp": "2005-12-25T20:47:26",
"content": "At my work my dual monitor set up is a laptop and a crt. I have the laptop on a fed ex box so it is level with the crt.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15711",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2005-12-25T21:11:35",
"content": "This is sooo old. I did this several years ago. As I recall, this works not only for CRT’s because its not actually the CRT its self that generates the RF noise, but the cable that carries the signal. I think it will work on LCD’s that have an analog connection. Of course if its digital, then no go.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15712",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2005-12-25T23:56:32",
"content": "CRTs are perfectly usable, since they are better gaming screens (we can use diff resolutions, no trails, etc.) and they are so much cheaper compared to the LCD of the same size",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15713",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2005-12-26T00:16:51",
"content": "oo oldie-but-[very]-goodie. thanks eliot – i had forgotten about this one. i love hacks like this where the capabilities of a device are stretched far beyond their original scope. a crt as a transmitter? fantastic! its a wonderful thing to turn the (otherwise annoying) fcc rules, part 15b into something useful — or at the least, something amusing.regarding van eck phreaking: my thoughts immediately went to stephenson’s cryptonomicon. (if you havent heard of it and are reading this website, something is amiss. buy/steal/borrow a copy of this book immediately). given the design of a CRT, its understandably easier to detect residual radiation indicative of onscreen content than it is with an lcd. however, while many people scoff at the idea, LCDs do not really prevent the same effects from occuring. a substantial emf field is pumped out of every LCD too. luckily field dropoff 1/d^2 comes to our rescue. if you’re still worried, quickly don your tinfoil hat and into the faraday cage you go!for the doubting: if the eliza’s tempest blaring from your radio is unconvincing, find yourself a field strength meter and test it yourself. you might be surprised...and as an aside: oh man…you know you’ve got the bug when you’re excitedly typing out this stuff like i do. if you’ve read this far, many thanks for sharing the same sentiments.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15714",
"author": "madmax",
"timestamp": "2005-12-26T00:42:12",
"content": "Does anybody have an x86/Windows binary for those of us who are too lazy to install a new OS and compile the tar just to run the proof of concept?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15715",
"author": "Vince",
"timestamp": "2005-12-26T00:51:46",
"content": "This reminds me of a computer show I was at back in ’78. Some of us smug Apple ][ owners went over to the Radio Shack booth to harrass their rep about how the TRS-80 didn’t have color or sound and the fact that we did. The rep showed us their new sound technology: he set an AM radio next to the computer and ran some software that created interference on the radio that barely passed as music.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15691",
"author": "Arakrys",
"timestamp": "2005-12-26T01:38:59",
"content": "Haha we are not the only fools!In the eighties we had a Sinclair ZX-81, with an memory extension of 16k, and with some additional with which we could feed it machine code. My dad found out it caused our Philips b&w TV (connected to the ZX-81 as monitor) to make a sound at a certain action which i do not remember.He went totally fanatic on this, and made a machine code program to feed it with a tune in a string, such as A3C3G4 etc. And behold! It worked. On that particular TV set [add a lot of white noise here].We were a bit hurt about the lack of enthousiasm given to it at the ZX81 computer club…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15692",
"author": "asdf",
"timestamp": "2005-12-26T02:49:53",
"content": "There is some better van eck info herehttp://gbppr.trighost.org/mil/vaneck/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15693",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-12-26T03:55:28",
"content": "I’m using a CRT right now, frnakly I don’t know why people love LCD sooo much.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15694",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2005-12-26T07:20:47",
"content": "merry christmas everyone!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15695",
"author": "Drew",
"timestamp": "2005-12-26T09:26:29",
"content": "Yeah, I tried this a while back, and never could find an AM radio. Pretty sweet thou.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15696",
"author": "Marvin",
"timestamp": "2005-12-26T10:52:38",
"content": "To post 11!… I remember my Dad typing in something from a magazine that did that on our zx81. You could press keys on the keyboard to create different notes.I can’t remember the make of the tv but it was white plastic with two black knobs, one for tuning to the channels and one for volume(on/off). The picture was b/w as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15697",
"author": "Daedalus",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T02:53:24",
"content": "http://eckbox.sourceforge.net/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15698",
"author": "tom",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T04:36:19",
"content": "That’s pretty cool.Did anyone get the MP3 playback to work, though? For me, it runs through the whole MP3 in like 5 seconds and doesn’t sound anything like it should. I looked at the code, and I don’t see anything that should slow it down. I’m using the proprietary NVidia drivers, and I tried both settings for VSYNC.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15699",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2005-12-28T09:00:09",
"content": "Cool, i was wondering if this would work with a tv. because i have my computer hooked up to an lcd monitor and a tv. i have a crt monitor in the basement but im too lazy to go get it but i really want to try this.john",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15700",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T03:28:50",
"content": "wait…i dont have linux",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15701",
"author": "rick",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T06:02:13",
"content": "you can do the same thing with a graphing calculator",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15702",
"author": "jstem",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T17:46:26",
"content": "I’m using 2 CRT’s, 21 and 17 inch. Cheaper, more resolutions, but the 21in is HEAVY!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15703",
"author": "coreycubed",
"timestamp": "2005-12-31T03:38:35",
"content": "yeah, rock on with CRTs. More bang for your buck, and when you put it in a corner, the CRT’s extra size isn’t as much of a factor. Not that I don’t use LCDs whenever possible. Not that I don’t have them installed at all my clients’ offices. But I just bought a computer off of a friend, and Guild Wars looks amazing at 1600×1200 on max everything. Besides, after the cost of the computer, you use whatever you’ve got until the paycheck arrives. I can’t believe everyone’s offloading their CRTs! They make great server terminal consoles. I mean…yeah. Does anyone use an LCD as a server screen? I guess if space was limited…[/offtopic] I seem to remember doing something similar with a game system a while back, and something was picking up the sound. Guess that was just unshielded cabling, but anyone with a Nokia will recognize the buzzing noise emitted from nearby speakers when the cellular transmissions come in. This whole thing also reminds me of that hack with the DS a while back where images were being picked up on a nearby Watchman.…and people are surprised by hackers sniffing their “private” transmissions? lol. sorry for the musing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15704",
"author": "Unni Koroth",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T18:02:44",
"content": "I have done a van eck phreaking hardware.If you have any doubt contact me.See thishttp://www.dreamviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24630",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "357091",
"author": "Internet",
"timestamp": "2011-03-13T16:11:38",
"content": "Do you remember that today is the anniversary of Sinclair ZX81 appeared to the market? It is thirty years now. Thus began the era of home computers. The heart of the computer was a Zilog Z80 microprocessor clocked at 3.25 Mhz. The basic version of the computer had one kilobyte of memory (two million times smaller than a modern laptop to 2GB of memory). Programs were loaded with cassette tapes connected via an ordinary tape recorder. The screen had a resolution of 64 to 44 pixels. It was produced for 3 years, until 1984. Sold over half a million copies. Great times don’t you think? :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "376989",
"author": "arti",
"timestamp": "2011-04-09T12:18:08",
"content": "tempest for eliza still works on 2011 with DVI LCD screen and ubuntu 10.10 :)http://www.erikyyy.de/tempest/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,949.276664
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/24/disco-dance-floor-roundup/
|
Disco Dance Floor Roundup
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Probably the most popular project this summer was the
MIT Disco Dance Floor
. The build team eventually released the controller schematics and software. Several other projects spun off as a result of this.
We’ll start with the
Disco Bar
(since it has the most pictures). David has been actively building the bar and is nearing the finish line. He built a bar instead of a floor because as a white guy from Wisconsin, he’s a far better drinker than dancer. I tend to feel one leads to the other.
David’s project is driven by software that Washington University students developed while building their
Vertigo Dance Floor
. The software includes a cool utility for building animations.
Also:
Monkey see, monkey build
and
Tom’s Blog
(in German)
[Update: We forgot to include the
DECT phone system controllable Disco Dance Floor
by
Blinkenlights
at 2005’s best hacker camping extravaganza,
What the Hack
. Another pic by an attendee of wth is
here
.]
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| 9
|
[
{
"comment_id": "15687",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2005-12-24T19:23:11",
"content": "RSS Feed is broken. This isnt in it and it is stuck at the GB Synth.In other news ….HELL YEA! I want one for my room that i am building. I dont care which i gonna do it. That way we can save on carpet expenses.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15688",
"author": "Dash Dingo",
"timestamp": "2005-12-24T20:10:35",
"content": "I think it’d be cool for one of the animations to be a Tetris thing (blocks falling to one end).That’s a lot of cool projects, though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15689",
"author": "nevarmore",
"timestamp": "2005-12-24T20:21:12",
"content": "From the disco bar – “IMPORTANT: If you use the molex connector like I did, you MUST either switch thered and yellow wires, or mount the connector on the bottom of the board. The pcb boards are incorrect and have the +5 and +12 lines swapped.”Soemtimes hackaday insipres me to greatness. Other times my comedy driven mind wanders, and I can’t help but think that there is an amusing tale of destruction when this was discovered.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15690",
"author": "Brandon kinman",
"timestamp": "2005-12-24T22:12:35",
"content": "Anyone know why the RSS feed is messed up?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15682",
"author": "Jared Harley",
"timestamp": "2005-12-24T22:59:36",
"content": "glad I’m not the only one… my rss hasnt changed since the gameboy hack either",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15683",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2005-12-24T23:09:05",
"content": "Yeah, thanks everyone who pointed this out since I hadn’t noticed yet. I’ve notified the proper authorities.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15684",
"author": "David (thediscobar)",
"timestamp": "2005-12-26T07:40:09",
"content": "“Sometimes hackaday insipres me to greatness. Other times my comedy driven mind wanders, and I can’t help but think that there is an amusing tale of destruction when this was discovered.”I wish I could say I had a visit from the magic blue smoke god, but I actually caught this error before I plugged it in. For the amount of time it takes to populate just one board, there was no way I was going to plug it in without triple checking everything, just in case something wasnt right. I could only imagine what I would have done had I not caught this error…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15685",
"author": "mike rosati",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T00:27:04",
"content": "I think everyone thus far has done a wonderful job..I’ve been folowing these for some time now, lurking quite a bit on the Monkey See, Monkey Build site.. I’m going to be building a floor AND table for a DJ friend, where both will be sync’d together.. I’ll post more on my website in the coming days as I get some parts in (still awaiting the MIT boards to come back in stock) along with posting some basic design ideas this evening in a blog I’ll have uphttp://www.mikes-website.com– I’m going to be talking quite a bit with all the different creators to try to get a good mix of ideas formulated..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15686",
"author": "Link Master",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T18:09:11",
"content": "[email protected]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,949.319408
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/23/arcade-game-chair/
|
Arcade Game Chair
|
Eliot
|
[
"Playstation Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Chuck Cage] and friends have been building a variety of arcade racing platforms. The third version, pictured above, has a real racing seat and can support a 32″ television. They’ve got advice for navigating the local “you-pull-it” when buying seats. There are material and paint selection tips on the site as well along with pictures of their three different versions.
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[
{
"comment_id": "15678",
"author": "phycon",
"timestamp": "2005-12-23T19:13:05",
"content": "awsome, it would be realllyyyy cool if they could add a little hydrolic or air powered thing that could tilt the whole frame and shake it, example (turning reallyyy fast, bumps, crashing) but well assume they dont crash. A working seat belt would be cool too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15679",
"author": "cyrix",
"timestamp": "2005-12-23T20:09:34",
"content": "if you were really into this you could put the person in a cabin and then have the sides hooked up to hydrolics so whenever you turn left the right hydrolic goes up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15680",
"author": "Mike Matthews",
"timestamp": "2005-12-23T20:42:38",
"content": "here is one that includes motion control:http://inventgeek.com/Projects/ForceFeedback/ForceFeedback.aspx",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15681",
"author": "tomskag",
"timestamp": "2005-12-23T21:01:00",
"content": "to think all i have is two transam seats placed in front of my xbox….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15670",
"author": "torbo",
"timestamp": "2005-12-23T22:53:25",
"content": "If you are interested in building a driving cockpit I would suggest making a visit to the build your own section of the Race Sim Central Forums…http://forum.racesimcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=186There is no more complete place on the web. They have everything from cockpit blueprints to, get this… custom Force Feedback shifters (using FF joysticks) not to mention some very involved custom motion platforms. There is truly no better place on the web for DIY driving game hardware.–Gizmodo also has this article today as well (http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/diy-gaming-chair-144924.php) but since I am not cool enough to be invited I cannot post. Not that I want to spam with crosslinking bs.. I just really love driving games and know that anyone who will be interested in this article will end up spending a lot of time finding much more great information and like-minded people.torbo",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15671",
"author": "torbo",
"timestamp": "2005-12-23T23:18:16",
"content": "Am I the only one or does the seating position look very uncomfortable? That guys knees are right next to his hands. It would seem that either the seat needs to come up like in a GT or Rally car or the pedals need to move further under the screen like in a Formula One car…–Here’s a bad a55 motion platform fo you guys…http://www.frex.com/gp/motion/motionpage1.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15672",
"author": "Rossitron",
"timestamp": "2005-12-24T01:38:18",
"content": "Check this out when you guys done with the baby driving simulators:http://www.force-dynamics.com/video/force-dynamics_301-rbr-rallyschool.wmvNow THAT is how it’s done…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15673",
"author": "Rossitron",
"timestamp": "2005-12-24T01:41:25",
"content": "are done…*drinks more coffee*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15674",
"author": "aaron",
"timestamp": "2005-12-24T02:38:22",
"content": "hey, Why is this just called a playstation hack?I can see with slight adjustments you can put an xbox, gamecube, or even a laptop and monitour in this setup.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15675",
"author": "frosty",
"timestamp": "2005-12-24T23:16:38",
"content": "It’s hydraulic not hydrolic.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15676",
"author": "torbo",
"timestamp": "2005-12-25T03:29:53",
"content": "Best sim seat is not a sim at all..http://c4corvette.com/videos/2005_gemenos_castellana.wmv",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15677",
"author": "ogmeister",
"timestamp": "2005-12-26T00:33:03",
"content": "If the cockpit is completely enclosed, when you turn left the _LEFT_ side would lift, making you lean to the right, just as you would in a left turn. Actually, that’s how it would work whether it’s enclosed or not, but simulated roll is disconcerting when you can see things outside the cockpit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15669",
"author": "Jum",
"timestamp": "2005-12-28T12:22:48",
"content": "Nice work.I made a quick-n-easy steering wheel rig for my PS2 from wood in one afternoon. It uses an existing couch/chair for the seat, and slides under the couch/chair when not in use, so that my wife doesn’t shout at me for blocking the room with large pieces of crap.Oh and it works great.Might even be good enough to submit to hackaday. No wait, maybe I should sell the plans for like $25 to whichever suckers are too lazy to design their own or copy mine… :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15667",
"author": "Chuck cage",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T19:07:27",
"content": "Hey guys, thanks for the kind words. Sean and I built the one(s) in the article. A few responses:— re: seating position —Yes, the seating position is a little off. We’ve decided to extend the wheel slightly and move the pedals back a good bit. But we’ve been having fun playing with it, and haven’t dragged it back to the shop yet.— re: hydraulics/motion —We thought about messing around with this, but rejected it for two reasons: First, there’s no way to connect effectively to the game to have the motion actually make sense. Most of the ones we saw just rolled the chair left and right. Anyone who’s driven a race car (or a modified street car, for that matter) knows that there really isn’t a lot of body roll. That kind of motion didn’t really add to the game in our opinion, but to each his own. (Seriously! The whole concept of building your own is to make it for YOU, right?) Now if there were a way to have it feed bumps and the like… nice.— re: other ideas —Some ideas we thought would be cool, but got too lazy to pursue since we have a couple of game chairs to play and are having a good time with them:1) Powered seats. We came across a ton of them at the junk yard. It’d be really easy to add a wall-powered 12v PS to power it.2) Sound. We were going to build a 5.1 system into this seat, but just decided we wanted it done so we could move on to something new. A subwoofer mount would be nice, and it’d be pretty easy to add a bass shaker under the seat.Anyway, hope you guys have fun building yours. Even the really simple ones make driving games a hell of a lot more fun.Chuck",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15668",
"author": "bruce",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T01:40:03",
"content": "It would be neat to make it into a gas powered go-kart. Put some wheels on it, connect the steering to a real steering shaft, the brakes real brakes, the gas to a real gas pedal. Put a small generator on it for the TV, then take the whole thing out to a big flat field and play the game to drive it around.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15666",
"author": "Andrew butterworth",
"timestamp": "2006-03-12T02:15:40",
"content": "I built one of these seats, and have the chair supported on springs and a powerful motor with and unbalanced weight mounted on a steel frame underneath. I’m trying to get controller feedback to set off relays so you can simulate crashes and stuff. But the steering wheel feedback is different, and overrides the controller…. anyone know how I can hack it to get [email protected]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "114743",
"author": "Dommark",
"timestamp": "2010-01-04T05:57:28",
"content": "Nice review. Enjoying it very much!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "117737",
"author": "Stan",
"timestamp": "2010-01-16T14:26:42",
"content": "Found your blog on Yahoo and was so glad i did. That was a excellent read. I have a small question.Is it OK if i send you an email???…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/22/ipod-breakout-dock/
|
IPod Breakout Dock
|
Eliot
|
[
"ipod hacks"
] |
[] |
Since the time it was first
featured on MAKE
, Steve Chapman has continued to develop his
iPod breakout dock
. The dock provides all of the possible connections that could be made through the 30-pin connector. Of interest is the iPod’s serial interface. I had seen a break down of the control codes before, but Steve has taken the time to
develop a serial application
that he can use to test the different commands. Now that he knows a little more about the interface he’s started
programming a microcontroller to use it
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "15660",
"author": "the dentist",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T19:39:25",
"content": "first post alrightthis is very interesting… hope to see more hacking projects soon utilizing this",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15661",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T19:45:47",
"content": "Very nice work!Hack _everything_!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15662",
"author": "nate mc",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T23:52:18",
"content": "Anyone know the resistor needed to get the 5G ipod into Record mode?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15663",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2005-12-23T01:58:13",
"content": "the site keeps crashing firefox 1.5 for me",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15664",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-12-23T03:11:23",
"content": "Same here, crashy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15665",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2005-12-23T09:58:16",
"content": "I can’t figure it out. I eliminated anything that caused a console warning in Firefox. It could be the link formatting. Any help would be most appreciated.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15652",
"author": "theotherme",
"timestamp": "2005-12-24T16:45:20",
"content": "you guys need to turn off adblock tabs, it was happening to me for a couple weeks before i figured it out",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15653",
"author": "Rome",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T07:01:21",
"content": "It’d be nice if we could map it out and then make a device which allows us access to that LCD screen. Then make a portable outside device a small version of the gameboy micro and then play emulated games off of the 5G ipod.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15654",
"author": "William",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T18:11:36",
"content": "whoa, great idea rome! that’d be sweet—William G",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15655",
"author": "yoshi",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T15:55:41",
"content": "I don’t even have the adblock extension installed and it crashes Firefox 1.5, can’t load the page at all…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15656",
"author": "stereo type",
"timestamp": "2006-01-10T06:04:04",
"content": "Any suggestions on choosing the right port aside from the “(COM & LPT) window”?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15657",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2006-03-05T03:22:48",
"content": "is there a way i can use the video out feature to conect to a monitor while having the kenwood kca-ip500 connected to my 60 gig ipod video",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15658",
"author": "Chris Johnson",
"timestamp": "2006-03-14T22:36:20",
"content": "HI AllWhere are people buying the 30 pin “clone” dock connectors in bulk from? I keep seeing people selling them in small numbers. They come in black and white colors. I am trying to locate the vendor to place a bulk order (200 – 500) from the maker of these.SEE HEREhttp://ipodlinux.org/Image:Ipod1.jpgThanks All,CJ",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15659",
"author": "ipod_user",
"timestamp": "2006-04-24T01:10:38",
"content": "Mitch athttp://www.rush2112.nethas made some excellent progress in this area not only does he sell cables (ipod to PC via RS232) but he wrote the ipod explorer application. See demo herehttp://www.ncrypt.net/touchscreen/cqc/ipod/ipod-control-demo.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,949.422699
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/21/hack-a-day-extra-5/
|
Hack-A-Day Extra
|
Eliot
|
[
"cnc hacks",
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
I posted the first part of my
Xbox 360 iPod dock
build on Engadget yesterday. Unfortunately commenting was still off when it went up due to maintenance so I haven’t gotten any feedback yet. Just
three
Digg
stories
that aren’t going anywhere.
The response to my
job posting
has been pretty incredible. I was only expecting to to get one qualified person but this decision is going to end up being really tough.
Team Hack-A-Day
has completed another million points bringing the total up to 7M. We’ve also managed to shake loose our previous overtake threats. Spotted on the forum: [omniboggle]’s
vertical rackmount case
, [PocketLnt]’s
THaD flash intro
.
More links after the jump.
Have you seen the
fake 360 hacking vid
yet? [via
Digg
]
I mentioned
Diana Eng
‘s inflatable dress last week, but failed to say that it was a collaboration with
Emily Albinski
.
Michael Steil will be presenting his paper “
17 mistakes Microsoft made in the Xbox security system
” next week at
CCC
.
Recent upgrades to the Honda Asimo have enabled it to
steal your girl
and
run circles around you
in the process. I’m still betting on Sony’s QRIO which recently
added a third eye
… that sees through time. [via
Core77
]
BlogFS
is based on
FUSE
and lets you mount your
WordPress
blog as a filesystem.
When Judge Gwin ruled that source code is not protected by the first amendment, Leevi Marttila wrote the program
c2txt2c
to translate blowfish’s C source code into readable English, making it first amendment compatible.
Download Squad has a tip for using
Google’s language tools as a proxy
.
X-DSL
v0.5 was recently released. It’s a a Linux distro for the Xbox based on
Damn Small Linux
. [via
Xbox-Scene
]
I get some silly hack requests in the mail, but it looks like the ones sent to DVDJon have
a little more effort put into them
.
Tim Berners-Lee
started a blog recently. I hope you know
who that is
. [via
Waxy
]
[
Liquid Khaos
] recommends using “gun bluing” if you want to stain you white iPod headphones black.
MAME cabinet built in 24 hours
. [
THERINGMASTA
via
Joystiq
]
Open DMX USB interface
I love when
MAKE unearths
things I’ve always wondered about.
[
eecue
] picked up a new generation Furby to hack. They’ve got a guide for
how to skin one
.
iRobot released their long awaited
serial control interface for the Roomba
. Recently produced Roombas have the necessary bits built in already. It’s nice to see a manufacturer adding hacker features with each generation instead of crippling them. [
leadingzero
and rotzog]
Ramsinks
Nvidia overclocking guide
and
BIOS reset switch
. [default]
Bracelets from guitar strings
[Spud the Ferret]
Reality Hacking
interesting art installations [
exparrot
]
Disassembling the HTC Blue Angel
in Arabic [Moses]
[N] seems to be
having problems with his Nintendo DS
.
[
Adam
]’s company had a Christmas ornament competition.
His didn’t win though
.
Someone suggest
this Sharper Image product
should be made into an auto turret. “What’s that they’re flinging at us?!”
[KIWIDOGGOE] I don’t know why you keep sending your site in on the tip line. All I see is
text stolen from us
.
This
internal UPS
looks familiar for some reason. [abshnasko]
Build your own fallout meter
. [joe]
Accord car computer install
[Kyle Dewald]
[TomTheGeek]
added Bluetooth to his laptop
using [tnkgrl]’s
guide
.
Keep sending us tips
.
| 9
| 9
|
[
{
"comment_id": "15651",
"author": "Spenc",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T11:09:29",
"content": "I always enjoy reading the extras, even at 2 in the morning.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15649",
"author": "brad",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T12:46:10",
"content": "i think the problem with the ds might be a bad battery. lol good pic",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15650",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T18:41:59",
"content": "argh, eliot. You pwned the forums with your link to the flash video. What am I supposed to do at work today?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15648",
"author": "billytheimpaler",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T18:57:19",
"content": "Grayskies, make YTMNDs in your newfound spare time.http://pocketlntmakesmeemo.ytmnd.com/PocketLnt had the forum on his buddy’s beefy server. Does HaD really have the traffic to b0rk such a device? Apparently so. Maybe it’s another case of Google/Yahoo DNS’ing the site. That’s what the problem was the last time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15647",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T18:59:39",
"content": "Ah crap, I guess you only hurt the ones you love.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15646",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T19:18:36",
"content": "yeah, I remember the google/yahoo DoSing. either way, I’m still pwned by the lack of things to do. So, I’ll probably sit around and update my website today and work on the how-to for eliot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15645",
"author": "wingman358",
"timestamp": "2005-12-23T00:38:57",
"content": "THATS NOT A FAKE XBOX 360 VIDEO!!! The hack is that the guy actually got a game to run on the 360 without it crashing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15644",
"author": "eski",
"timestamp": "2005-12-23T02:57:51",
"content": "Then why does the video need the edits before and after the CD is put in, wingman?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15643",
"author": "AIVAS",
"timestamp": "2005-12-26T05:14:21",
"content": "Correct Internal UPS Link:http://forums.futureofcnc.com/index.php?showtopic=1619&hl=internal+ups",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,949.215582
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/21/gameboy-linked-hardware-sequencer/
|
Gameboy Linked Hardware Sequencer
|
Eliot
|
[
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] |
[] |
Thanks to
Create Digital Music
for pointing me to the awesome work of
Gijs Geikes
. This is his
latest sequencer creation
. It is designed to get its clock signal from
Little Sound Dj running
on a Gameboy. The sequencer controls plugin modules that are attached to a parallel port.
Here’s a great sample of the output
. He’s got schematics on his site, which are easy to comprehend when compared to his bizarro board etching. One of the plugins is an earlier project:
The Tape Sequencer
.
Have a listen to that too
.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "15642",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2005-12-21T19:09:03",
"content": "Dead already.. looks hackalicious though",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15631",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2005-12-21T20:23:21",
"content": "eliot, could you please coral cache sites before linking them on the home page? this looks really interesting",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15632",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2005-12-21T20:53:52",
"content": "usually I’ll cache the geocities sites, but it is always a gamble with the rest of the web. Are the MP3s working? They are coral links. You can check CDM’s coverage for a few more photos.http://createdigitalmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1066&Itemid=44http://createdigitalmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=748&Itemid=44",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15633",
"author": "The tech Department",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T00:39:31",
"content": "That board’s etching looks wild. This is really neat, damn bandwidth. I have some of the _old_ gameboys and carts. Maybe I should start screwing around with them….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15634",
"author": "Chris Rybitski",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T04:33:47",
"content": "Bah, the mp3’s don’t work…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15635",
"author": "Dash Dingo",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T04:51:34",
"content": "not related to hack, sorry:anyone have any links on some hacks for a dead iPod? anything would be cool: revival, mod, making it into a new thingy, anything would be cool.thanks :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15636",
"author": "pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T05:12:25",
"content": "Looks like he used up his 5MB/month already.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15637",
"author": "coreycubed",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T08:35:05",
"content": "wait, hack the dead iPod into a dead badger…for unholy music streaming via AirTunesthat being said, you can mod it to house something else. people are hacking Altoids cases to house iPods? How about hacking iPods to hold Altoids?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15638",
"author": "dioxide",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T12:09:23",
"content": "first thing i’d do with a dead ipod is see if i could recover the rotary encoder. very useful, that",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15639",
"author": "dan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T13:00:31",
"content": "http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?s=2fd6c696b3b1d492f1096f35f55d65b5&threadid=93059&highlight=fdiskdash dingo this has worked for a mate of mine when he droped his mini a few times, lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15640",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T17:32:58",
"content": "oh gameboy sequencers. If you want to hear some awesome music using only what’s shown above, check out Nintendo Teenage Robot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15641",
"author": "Peter kirn",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T22:03:44",
"content": "Yipes, I’ve hosed another poor mate’s bandwidth.Anyway, stay tuned, I’m going to try to re-host this on my site . . . I can handle the load, I think.Too bad; the music is great!Peter",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15627",
"author": "Jeffrey",
"timestamp": "2005-12-23T20:16:32",
"content": "i recently took apart my old Gameboy Color and noticed that at the top, there are two LED’s. i was just wondering if the Gameboy Color was originally meant to be able to send and recieve data remotely via its LED’s. if it is able to do this, how do i find the program code in the gameboy so that i can enable transferring data with its LED’s?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15628",
"author": "mirthless smile",
"timestamp": "2005-12-24T12:36:47",
"content": "hackaweek",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15629",
"author": "Peter kirn",
"timestamp": "2005-12-26T21:53:02",
"content": "Peter from createdigitalmusic here — Gijs sent me a new link that at least contains the MP3s:http://plot.bek.no/~gijs/instruments/Seq05/. . . and the full link should be back up January 1. Guess Game Boy sequencers proved more popular than he expected! Viva chiptune! ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15630",
"author": "trade-a-loan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T13:35:51",
"content": "[email protected]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,948.920785
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/28/shmoocon-2006-covert-crawling-a-wolf-among-lambs/
|
Shmoocon 2006: Covert Crawling: A Wolf Among Lambs
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
Billy Hoffman has built a site crawler that can hide its activity within normal web traffic. Crawling a website is one of the easiest ways to find exploitable pages, but the systematic nature of the crawl makes it stand out in logs. Billy set out to design a crawler that would behave like a normal web browser. It follows more popular links first (think “news”, not “legal notice”) and it doesn’t hit deep linked pages directly without first creating an appropriate Google referrer. There are tons of other tricks involved in making the crawler look “human” which you’ll find in Billy’s
slides over at SPI Labs
. You can also
read about the talk on Wired News
.
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| 5
|
[
{
"comment_id": "16606",
"author": "jared",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T02:32:52",
"content": "looks to me like the “most commented on (past 60 days) isn’t working properly. as of today, it’s been 4 months since the psp 2.0 to 1.5 downgrade was posted, and no one has commented on it since Oct 16th, 2005.Also, very interesting article!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16605",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T03:02:01",
"content": "No, it isn’t broken because I see at least two comments show up in my email everyday. What is broken is the post not showing more then 250 comments. Sounds like a good enough excuse to me to lock the thread.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16603",
"author": "Cuba",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T08:45:16",
"content": "Is there a legitimate use for this?I am not usually one of those people that criticises stuff like this, but do we really want to make email address harvesting and exploit finding easier?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16604",
"author": "Aaron",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T21:21:55",
"content": "cuba: No point worrying about that now, is there?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16602",
"author": "jaded",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T09:12:29",
"content": "A lot of people have legitimate needs to crawl a site. Think about a site that carries the text of a book but has a strict “no spiders” policy (so they can shut you off when you stop paying, for example.) If you’re a legitimate user but need an offline copy of the book (for field work or whatever), you’re out of luck. Their server will spot a spider instantly, and shut you down.But if you have a smart spider that skips around, reads chapters here and pages there, then they’re not likely to notice you or ban you. And you can still get the text of the book you need. Just make sure you delete your local copies of the book once your subscription has ended.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,949.462778
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/28/windows-95-on-a-gp2x/
|
Windows 95 On A GP2X
|
Eliot
|
[
"Portable Video Hacks"
] |
[] |
The
GP2X
is a portable game console that runs Linux and was released in November last year. This is a console that encourages you to hack its open platform and has a
dev wiki
to document those projects. Mandleman has recently gotten
Bochs
, the x86 emulator, running on the platform. He then
booted Windows 95
(
Internet Archive
) on top of that; It takes six and a half minutes. He’s also built emulators for the NES, NeoGeo pocket, and Wonderswan. Recently released Linux based devices like the GP2X and the
Nokia 770
are interesting because they encourage development. I hope in the future we’ll see an open device that has the market penetration of the PSP.
[thanks togi]
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "16600",
"author": "ihate56k",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T20:46:05",
"content": "This is all a bit theoretical, as the emulator has no mouse support, and key support for cursors, enter and space only.most of the people on gp32x forum can’t get this emulator to actually boot a disk image sucessfully, as far as I’m aware there hasn’t been a single sucess story other than the author himself, even booting a prebuilt freedos image.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16599",
"author": "Pedersencato",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T21:26:52",
"content": "6 and 1/2 minutes… that’s faster than my P2 booting XP! I love it; and I’ve always wanted a GP2X since I saw one. Great Job.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16598",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T21:31:03",
"content": "Wow. Only difference now between my Pentium I 133MHz and a Modern-day handheld is that the handheld boots windows 95 faster.But, if windows can be booted on this, then I’m sure a lof of windows 95 games may become popular again.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16597",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T21:49:12",
"content": "Wait so where running win95 instead of linux? why? I wouldnt even to say “hey look what i did”. thats like hey i put a moped motor in my surburban!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16596",
"author": "CaptSnuffy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T21:59:23",
"content": "What’s the point of ditching linux for… windows 95? Think of what they could accomplish if they didn’t waste their time on stuff like this!I thought it would be cool to get a GPX2 to use as a SFF linux box but i have yet to get one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16595",
"author": "yo_tyler",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T22:20:57",
"content": "Appears that the GP2X site is down. That’ll teach them to use Microsucks SQL server.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16594",
"author": "spock",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T22:37:23",
"content": "i don’t believe the gp2x uses an x86 processor.. so the only way it will run win95 is in an emulator on top of linux (so if anything its like putting your moped in the back of your suburban). if you can get win95 running, straight DOS shouldn’t be too far behind. then you can get all your old dos games running on it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16593",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T23:13:37",
"content": "the gp2x does NOT use an x86 processor. That’s what is making this such a development. Getting x86 windows 95 to run on a linux-based x86 emulator for a handheld system is a bit of an accomplishment.Sure, it’s not better than linux, but the sheer oppurtunity of successful emulation should help a lot of development into porting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16592",
"author": "t3h",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T01:34:12",
"content": "You buy a linux console.. and run Windows on it? Only good for hack value.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16591",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T01:44:05",
"content": "Thanks for mentioning the 770 Eliot, I hadn’t heard about it and it looks like exactly the type of device I’ve been waiting for.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16589",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T03:27:16",
"content": "I can’t find a price on the GP2X. How much does one of these things cost? And where can you order it from?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16590",
"author": "CaptSnuffy",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T04:57:39",
"content": "@10http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=159&products_id=7728&",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16588",
"author": "someone",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T16:32:13",
"content": "For informations on gp2x visit gp32x.com best place to get a gp2x ishttp://gp2x.co.uk/orhttp://www.gp2x.de.there is a complete list of distirbutors athttp://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/Where_to_Buy%3F",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16587",
"author": "Monkey",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T10:24:15",
"content": "I think that a few people fail to see its just a “proof of concept” idea. Just to show it can be done. Of course no one would use it over Linux, and the truth is he’s not ditched linux because he’s usb bochs. I don’t plan to try this but with his other emulation work I believe its possible.Cool hack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,949.032203
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/27/using-mologogo-with-google-earth/
|
Using Mologogo With Google Earth
|
Eliot
|
[
"google hacks"
] |
[] |
[
yug1taht
] wrote in to tell us about his lastest addition to
Mologogo
. You may remember Mologogo from its launch last fall. It lets you track GPS enabled phones using Google maps. It works with most Nextel phones and the inexpensive pay-as-you-go Boost Mobile phones; which is what our friend PT used
when he tried it out
. This latest addition to Mologogo lets you
output the data as .kml file
which you can then play with in Google Earth.
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| 12
|
[
{
"comment_id": "16582",
"author": "sean s.",
"timestamp": "2006-01-27T21:04:28",
"content": "I think we hackaday’d the server for gogo",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16583",
"author": "gehan g",
"timestamp": "2006-01-27T21:14:17",
"content": "Love that brewery in coors field. Best ballpark in america..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16581",
"author": "yug1taht",
"timestamp": "2006-01-27T21:52:52",
"content": "I can still get to the wikispaces site and my hosting for mologogo.ilovemygeek.com is still going strong, must have killed mologogo.com, oops…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16580",
"author": "DRbuzzo",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T00:52:37",
"content": "Hmmm…Looking at this I got an idea. I wonder how hard it would be to spoof your location on Mologogo.This could be very useful in some situations.For example, you might meet an attractive lady and mention to her what an influential high roller you are.Then give her your number so she can see your tracks as you travel between the Skull and Bones, the United Nations, the Pentagon, the boardrooms of majpor companies and then onto Oslo to pick up your Nobel Prize.I guess there’s other uses though…aside from trying to impress women.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16579",
"author": "max",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T02:51:22",
"content": "I can’t believe how slow their web server is. Come on guys, get some real hosting!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16578",
"author": "yug1taht",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T03:01:09",
"content": "Here is the post URL I pulled from my JVM using ethereal. Seems like they collect WAY more thab what they show, I for one would like to see the speed and direction displayed.http://www.mologogo.com/waypoints/create?lat=&lon=&accuracy=&direction=&speed=&speedUncertainty=&altitude=&altitudeUncertainty=&username=&password=×tamp=",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16577",
"author": "digitallysick",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T09:30:45",
"content": "There has to be a way to track any cell by distance, i think thats how 911 service works for cell phones. Must be a way to see which tower you hit last, and determine your radius from it. It would seem like there would be a way for me to call someone, and determine by the towers, how far away they are? By measuring the time?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16575",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T10:33:22",
"content": "I’d be all over this, but nextel only means no canadian usage for me :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16576",
"author": "Dan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T00:29:39",
"content": "I cant wait for more of these types of services to come out. A nice feature would be to get your messenger list to alert you when one of your mates is in proximity so long as your not on their block list etc",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16584",
"author": "thiensudem",
"timestamp": "2007-04-12T12:13:50",
"content": "i waint hacker",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16585",
"author": "Matt",
"timestamp": "2007-09-02T05:39:02",
"content": "How do you get this hack to work??? I see the mumbo jumbo text but where do i insert it? Just if u guys can please give me step buy step instructions! I see his website is down or elso that might help me!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16586",
"author": "Allison",
"timestamp": "2007-09-27T13:43:03",
"content": "Solemn article. It make me lost in thoughts.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,948.97517
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/27/shmoocon-2006-behavioral-malware-analysis-using-sandnets/
|
Shmoocon 2006: Behavioral Malware Analysis Using Sandnets
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
A common approach to analyzing malware is to turn it loose inside of a
VMware
session, but some malware have methods for detecting virtual machines and will refuse to run if they encounters one. Joe Stewart has developed a tool called
Truman
that can be used to construct a sandnet. The sandnet expands on the idea of using VMware as a sandbox. The malware runs inside of a normal OS environment not a virtual one and it interacts with what it thinks is an entire network.
This is how the setup works: You have two machines connected using a crossover network cable. Machine 1 is the server and machine 2 is the client that the malware will be run on. Machine 2 is booted via
PXE
into a clean Windows install (or whatever OS your malware is for). Once booted it begins watching a directory on the server for the malware’s exe. Once you copy the executable into the directory the Windows machine copies the file and executes it. After 10 minutes the Windows machine dumps its physical memory to disk and then shuts down. An image of the newly infected Windows file system is then saved. The client machine then boots into Linux for analysis of the new Windows image. Truman improves analysis speed because you don’t have to constantly reimage the client machine by hand.
The PXE server also acts as a fauxinternet for the client machine. By watching tcpdump you can see what outbound connections the malware is trying to make. To aid in this process, Truman includes several fauxservers which are just simple Perl scripts designed to act like servers. The fauxservers tell the malware exactly what it wants to hear in hopes that it will cough up logins, passwords and other useful information.
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| 6
|
[
{
"comment_id": "16574",
"author": "wraezor",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T01:37:12",
"content": "One of the coolest security ideas in a while. Very nice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16572",
"author": "william",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T02:52:52",
"content": "wow, interesting concept.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16573",
"author": "Fahad",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T05:16:13",
"content": "Why not just modify the VM-program to prevent detection by the malwares. Perhaps the malware’s designed to detect a BIOS type that is only specific to VMware, or even a certain drive type, etc. Some of the CD-drive emulation programs are clever at concealing their existence, and copy-protection schemes are often fooled by it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16571",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T05:27:05",
"content": "Joe mentioned a specific flaw with VMware that lets it be detected using just a few lines of assembly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16570",
"author": "Krunch",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T15:54:06",
"content": "Sounds like honeyd.The “specific flaw” probably refers to the “red pill”.http://invisiblethings.org/papers/redpill.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16569",
"author": "Jordan",
"timestamp": "2006-02-11T02:41:41",
"content": "There are more than a few ways to detect vmware. Here’s a couple I know of offhand:– Drivers if you’ve installed the vmware tools are vmware specific.– MAC address is vmware specific.– There’s the red pill and a few other similar techniques that are way beyond my understanding that do either memory or timing attacks– Then there’s the vmware backdoor (http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/backdoor.html)– Plus, the custom vmware bios could be probed.And probably a whole lot of other ones I’ve never heard of. It’s pretty darn hard to catch code as it’s executing and keep it from detecting it’s being sandboxed unless you’re going incredibly carefully and really know what you’re doing. So instead, just make the entire world the sandbox (Like the Truman show!! Great name, Joe!). Yeah, definitely a cool idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,949.598346
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/26/standalone-microcontroller-based-lua-development-platform/
|
Standalone Microcontroller Based LUA Development Platform
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Hack-A-Day reader Bogdan Marinescu does a better job summarizing his project than I ever could. You can get his source code, schematics and more details by following the “read” link.
This project is a truly stand-alone development platform. What does that mean? Well, you plug-in a PS/2 keyboard, a 320×240 LCD, and start typing code. The code is written in
LUA
. The compiler and interpreter for LUA run from the microcontroller. The code also contains a small editor (for the code), support for FAT12/FAT16 on MMC/SD cards, support for remote connections and a new FLASH-friendly embedded file system. The platform is ‘self-reproducible’, i.e. you can transfer code from one platform to another. The LCD/keyboard/MMC are optional, so you can have a big ‘development’ platform with everything in it and a lot of bare ‘production’ platforms that ‘reproduce’ their code directly from the development platform. A M16C microcontroller and an external 512K SRAM chip are all that is required to build the bare platform, the other components are just for interfacing different peripherals. Hope you’ll like the idea. The code is 95% functional, but it needs some more work and a lot more testing.
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| 11
|
[
{
"comment_id": "16568",
"author": "tim",
"timestamp": "2006-01-26T20:51:46",
"content": "reminds me of good ‘ol Timex Sinclair, circa 1982",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16566",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-26T21:03:07",
"content": "This guy is my hero.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16567",
"author": "Jack",
"timestamp": "2006-01-26T21:30:48",
"content": "Romanasu’ nostru :D!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16565",
"author": "bogdanm",
"timestamp": "2006-01-27T09:04:35",
"content": "Heh, glad you liked it :) As for the Spectrum … I always dreamt of hacing a mini-spectrum that I could carry with me around. But this thing is even better :)P.S. Da, romanasu vostru :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16563",
"author": "Evil-genious",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T16:29:33",
"content": "wow! i’ve always wanted to create a mini compiler that i could carry around. I am still a student in school, but would love to know what kind of knowledge you require in order to build a simple portable compiler wit a simple lcd screen and keyboard. I am a complete newbie, but have the will power to learn anything you throw at me. If someone could please point me in the right direction, perhaps a few links to get me started on a project such as this, i would highly appreciate it!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16564",
"author": "Bogdan marinescu",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T13:28:53",
"content": "Well, for starters, you can download my full projects following the “read” link, and see what you can extract from there. Is pretty well documented ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16562",
"author": "Evil-genious",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T19:55:35",
"content": "when i follow the ‘read’ link, i get redirected tohttp://www.circuitcellar.com/renesas2005m16c/winners/1685.htmdo i download the “entry” link?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16560",
"author": "bogdanm",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T09:21:50",
"content": "Yes, the “entry” link has everything inside (schematics, code, design document).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16561",
"author": "swordphish",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T09:51:15",
"content": "Intriguing… I wonder if this has any use in the gaming industry.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16559",
"author": "Evil-genious",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T16:50:26",
"content": "for some reason, when I do download the zip file found in the ‘entry’ link, the zip file seems to be corrupt or invalid. could you please point me to another link of that document?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16558",
"author": "bogdanm",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T19:00:24",
"content": "I can download and open it without problems.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,949.643704
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/26/shmoocon-2006-dan-geer-keynote/
|
Shmoocon 2006: Dan Geer Keynote
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
I attended
ShmooCon
2006 Jan. 13-15th. I had been waiting for the video and slides from the con to be posted, but I figured I should start posting before I completely forget what went on. Over the next few days I’ll be posting about the various talks I attended.
Dan Geer
‘s keynote was one of my favorite talks from the con. He believes that “if people respect you enough to have you deliver a keynote, respect your audience enough to write it out”. Thanks to that he’s provided the
full text
and a
pdf of the slides
from his talk. My summary won’t do it justice, but you can at least know what you are getting yourself into. Read on.
Dan started by acknowledging that, like most people in the audience, he wasn’t trained in security. His formal schooling is as a biostatistician. Things are changing though, soon the security industry will be filling up with people that are trained solely in security. Dan feels that we should leverage our diversity while we still can. Specifically to solve the problem of how to measure security.
The ultimate goal is “Quantitative information risk that is on a par with quantitative financial risk management”. The problem with the internet is that it is an aggregated risk because of its interconnected nature. Aggregated risk is why the same insurance company doesn’t sell policies to houses next door to each other; if one burns, the other one likely will resulting in double the loss for the company. In 2003 Dan and six coauthors
described Microsoft’s monopoly as a monoculture threatening national security
. (he was then fired from @stake via press release) This monoculture is a huge aggregated risk. There are other problems as well. Modern insurance policies are based on history, but the internet has no measurable risk history, unlike a 24 year old, non-smoking, white male.
Dan feels that security is a subset of reliability and that complexity will often hamper reliability. At this point in the speech Dan starts approaching the problem from his background as a biostatistician. He begins by showing a chart with two lines: one is an estimate of vulnerable hosts that clearly exceeds the second line, which is the number of incidents. The gap probably represents security working, but also vulnerable hosts that aren’t being attacked. He admits that these numbers are biased, but they can still give an accurate picture. The final segment of his talk deals with code complexity and its connection with incidents.
In closing Dan is careful to point out that this is just one man’s numbers and that we are still far away from a final packaged measurement solution. He encourages everyone to apply their own viewpoints, backgrounds and question what they’ve seen while we still have time. Of course, this is just a summary and I encourage you to check out the
full text
and
slides
.
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| 4
|
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{
"comment_id": "16557",
"author": "Isajeep",
"timestamp": "2006-01-27T06:34:00",
"content": "Plz hang me",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16556",
"author": "Xeonon",
"timestamp": "2006-01-27T07:06:39",
"content": "I for one, really wish I could have went to this con. From what I have seen of it so far it seems like some unique views on something that everyone of us could use all the info we can get on.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16555",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T00:11:58",
"content": "I gotta start getting out to these things. Maybe write it off as a “business expense.”Anyways, great read Eliot. Loved the slides.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16554",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T07:45:14",
"content": "When will Dan Geer get a new shtick? He’s been doing this one since at least 2003.Dan, you’re not a security expert and just because people listen to you doesn’t mean you have anything important to say.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,949.687264
|
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https://hackaday.com/2006/01/25/interfacing-the-isa-bus/
|
Interfacing The ISA Bus
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Sometimes you need a lot more data lines than are available in a parallel port. Hack-A-Day reader [abhishek dutta] has written a guide for
building projects connected to the ISA bus
. The guide gives you 32 general purpose I/O lines that you can use for complex project like a digital oscilloscope. To make things easier, some tips on debugging are included as well. Now to unearth a motherboard with an ISA slot
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|
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{
"comment_id": "16553",
"author": "Drew",
"timestamp": "2006-01-25T19:05:52",
"content": "hmm, I may actually try this. I was thinking of setting up some various sensors to an old computer (temp, both air and computer, fan speeds, etc.)luckily i have an old 400 mhz machine with two ISA slots!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16552",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2006-01-25T19:55:33",
"content": "Neat! I’m sure there are a bunch of old Pentium/P2 mothermoards with mostly unused ISA slots.Also, slightly apropos… There’s was a PCI hack posted not too long ago…http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000473062256/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16551",
"author": "Eric",
"timestamp": "2006-01-25T20:33:25",
"content": "I’ve been thinking about making a synth out of old isa soundboards. While the easiest way would just be to crank up one of the old ISA equipped mobos in the basement, where’s the fun in that?I think that newer micros should be able to drive the ISA bus, it is pretty simple.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16550",
"author": "pragma",
"timestamp": "2006-01-25T21:45:48",
"content": "Nice article.I was curious to learn about how to interface with ISA but also found myself digging through the linked PDF material over on texasinsturments.com to learn about the IC’s used. Fascinating.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16549",
"author": "Ben",
"timestamp": "2006-01-25T22:03:55",
"content": "sweet, I’ve been wondering what to do with that old Pentium I 200 mhz computer sitting in the corner (its got 3 ISA slots on it).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16548",
"author": "Will",
"timestamp": "2006-01-25T22:28:46",
"content": "Ooops..May just have put a motherboard such as on a bonfire…..Ah well :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16547",
"author": "hellbent",
"timestamp": "2006-01-25T22:43:02",
"content": "my family pc, a windows 2k machine now, has an isa slot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16545",
"author": "Liam",
"timestamp": "2006-01-25T22:56:32",
"content": "Very nice.This might be a silly question, but would this be useful for applications such as LabView? I think a lot of people working at my department (a university physics dept.) might find this very useful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16546",
"author": "eric",
"timestamp": "2006-01-25T23:08:52",
"content": "Soyo and Advantech built pentium 4 computers with ISA slots. There is an ISA bridge chip that they use to add it now that the chipsets don’t have the isa bridge built in any more.The Soyo mobo is SY-P4I845PE/GVISA Plus",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16544",
"author": "Rossitron",
"timestamp": "2006-01-26T01:07:41",
"content": "liam:My guess would be no, seeing as you’d need to write a driver for labview to interface with it.I would look into the many low cost (around $100 USD) USB DAQ devices. Just google for ‘usb daq’.Or if you really have to do it on the cheap, try this thing:http://www.hobbyengineering.com/H1516.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16543",
"author": "dioxide",
"timestamp": "2006-01-26T02:01:04",
"content": "isa was the last true hobby bus. usb is getting there though. ftdi is offering usb modules you can add to your projects, with drivers for most any os. very easy to use.i wonder if i could make myself an isa to usb converter with an external chassis..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16542",
"author": "Jason spence",
"timestamp": "2006-01-26T04:29:34",
"content": "Or you could just use a programmable address logic chip so you don’t have to mess around with so many logic ICs :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16541",
"author": "calvin",
"timestamp": "2006-01-26T10:45:29",
"content": "I couldn’t find a contact email address, so Ill just put this here. I got a “clapper” for my birthday, the one that turns off your appliances if you clap twice. I was wondering if anyone has heard of any hacks for one of these things, I’m sure theres a lot of fun stuff you could do with it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16540",
"author": "mycroes",
"timestamp": "2006-01-26T14:07:51",
"content": "Just for those of you who were wondering…AthlonXP-2700 michael # lspci | grep -i isa00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]AthlonXP-2700 michael #No isa slots there though, just the bridge, but I think there must be a way to use it…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16539",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2006-01-26T16:54:28",
"content": "you can use the clapper to turn off the lights in your room",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16538",
"author": "paul h",
"timestamp": "2006-01-26T21:44:18",
"content": "PC104 is electrically similar (identical?) to ISA with a different form factor. Lots of cards for experimenting, breaking out lines, etc.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16537",
"author": "bogdanm",
"timestamp": "2006-01-27T10:40:59",
"content": "I don’t want to be the party breaker here, but you can also do PCI, albeit not remotely as easy as this:http://elm-chan.org/works/pci/report_e.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16536",
"author": "Ryan",
"timestamp": "2006-02-10T22:12:21",
"content": "This companyhttp://www.arstech.com/cgi-bin/ccp51/cp-app.cgibuilds isa to usb adaptors that might be useful in these projects.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16535",
"author": "abhishek dutta",
"timestamp": "2006-05-29T07:22:53",
"content": "IMPORTANT !!!URL of this article has changed tohttp://www.myjavaserver.com/~thelinuxmaniac/isaTLM",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16534",
"author": "Metal WOlf",
"timestamp": "2006-08-11T23:50:09",
"content": "I have a lot of computers with isa slots, if anyone needs some contact me [email protected]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "216844",
"author": "Abhishek Dutta",
"timestamp": "2010-11-23T05:52:37",
"content": "The original article is available at:http://abhishekdutta.org/interfacing-with-the-isa-bus/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6421483",
"author": "Abhishek Dutta",
"timestamp": "2022-02-05T18:43:49",
"content": "The original article is now available at:https://abhishekdutta.org/blog/interfacing-with-the-isa-bus.html",
"parent_id": "216844",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
}
] | 1,760,377,950.44381
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/14/hack-a-day-extra-6/
|
Hack-A-Day Extra
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
I’ve been having some serious static build up in my office so dad suggested dragging a chain? nah, I’ll just turn up the humidifier. It has been really bad though; one lightning bolt from a mislaid finger forced me to reset my iPod. It got so bad that I actually bought a static strap before assembling my latest machine. Something I should have bought 10 years ago.
My
PVR-500
dual TV tuner card came in the mail yesterday. The driver and
MythTV
install went pretty well and didn’t require too much forum crawling. They won’t tune anything above channel 59 for some reason. Hopefully I get that figured out soon.
Team Hack-A-Day
continues to dominate; we completed 6 million pints this week. Saying [yehoshua] got off to a great start would be an
understatement
. At last count he had 104 active processors in a completely legitimate borg. [scottpdotnet] entered his
thin client cluster
into the fray as well.
Did you watch the
Project Runway season 2
premier
? I can’t find a torrent for it. I want to see it because
Diana Eng
is one of the designers and
loves incorporating tech into here work. Her inflatable dress was featured on the cover of I.D. and can be seen at
WMMNA
. She’s also developing a
SWITCH
a fashion/tech vodcast.
How-to install the Google Safe
Browsing plugin
if you don’t live in the US.
The
Jackass! project
released
Rockhopper!
last week. It is a processor specific
Gentoo stage compiled using GCC 4.0. My Jackass install has been rock solid so far (I have been trying to use as many
stable packages as possible).
CDM has had some cool posts this week:
Using LabVIEW as a
synthesizer
and
Robot
drummer responds to human playing
.
We covered Hack-A-Day reader [
Jordan
]’s
web based iTunes control
on Engadget yesterday. He’d be
happy if someone made it better.
People always ask me why we are still in beta. It is simply a ploy to get listed in the
Museum of Modern Betas
. [via
Waxy
]
Mac Minis have appeared in cars since the first day they were sold. Now there is a company selling a
car Mini dock
.
When the iPod Mini was first released people were pulling the 4GB CF cards and selling them for a markup on eBay.
That lasted for about two hours then everyone heard what was going on and the bottom fell out of the market. Well now
people are
upgrading the internals to 8GB
. [borre]
WeaKnees is offering $25,000 (and hopefully legal protection) to first person to
hack a
DirecTV DVR
.
Hackers are exploiting a flaw in GTA:LCS save games to
run code under PSP firmware 2.5
. I guess
the only way to build a “hack-proof” console is to
never release it
.
Most people saw
The Million Dollar Homepage
when it was first
getting started, but you should really look at it now… for searing eye pain. A lot of the ads are for sites offering
cheaper per pixel pricing. [via
BlogCadre
]
Graffiti Hackers
I really wish these
alternative printers were documented better on the web.
Bleach Eating Freaks
Office Bircolage 3
weapons from
office supplies.
If you were a true fan, you’d
read Hack-A-Day on
vacation
too. [thanks
Rich Willis
]
[socketeer]’s
Si-Link FM Transmitter Mod
[warning:
Geocities] Shouldn’t Yahoo have bandwidth to spare?
iTMS album art search
currently broken, it was
sweet [tristan]
Using IR modules from VCRs
[h-tech]
[j4undone] has been using the cellphones at mall kiosks to send free picture and text messages, since they have
service.
Mac on a USB stick using Mini vMac
[h-tech]
Here is a thread about a
case designed from forum
responses
. It looks now like it might have been
attempted fraud
.
[neg2led]
Web controlled paintball tank
This is
one user’s experience
. [CYRIX]
[
ray and cape
] tested a couple
different methods for
making shotglasses
out of ice
. Have a look at their other projects too.
[Borre] sent some pictures of his iPod dock built out of the packaging:
one
,
two
,
three
,
four
.
Related forum thread
[
zilli0n
]’s got a nicely
modded Xbox 360 case
and
faceplate
.
[
shadymilkman
]’s
air duster gun
[warning: tripod and thumbnails are full size
images]
From the people who brought you the
Telecrapper 2000
:
Record Every Waking Moment
. I’m sure in the future we will be
recording every second of our daily lives, but it is going to depend entirely on our ability to manage that data once
storage becomes trivial.
[Jim]’s guide to
using
Skype as a remote listening device
.
[nick carneiro] shows you
how-to build a server using
Slackware
.
Spanish guide for building the FisiRadio
, an AM radio
receiver. [morfo]
How-to modify Netstumbler to
work with Wireless ZeroConfig
[Israel Torres and
Steve
]
[brett]’s
cheap kitchen PC
[matthijs heeren] and Pieter Jolen have been
working on a
project
similar to Jason Striegel’s
sex bots
. Theirs
features a fitness function to better simulate genetic algorithms.
[sega01] covered his laptop in duct tape.
Here is the first
picture
. The rest are
on his server
, but it is kinda
slow.
USB christmas lights
Free software list
[warning: Geocities]
[mycroes] had a bios flash fail, but was able to boot a different board swap the bios and then flash it using
UniFlash
.
[jason] made some
skins for the CVS camera
.
[
tom
] has a guide to
dissecting the SmarTrip
RFID fare
card over at DCist.
Finally, a note from [john rutherford]:
If you have Cablevision/OptimumOnline and have a new cable box (Scientific Atlanta, Explorer 4200) you can access
28 hidden information pages. Press the Diamond button in the middle of the arrow and then press the info button. Use
the right/left arrow keys to scroll through the pages. You can press the diamond key again so that you can watch TV and
look at the settings. Press EXIT to close it out.
*Also, you can Reset the box by press the Vol+/Vol- keys at the same time and pressing the INFO button
Keep sending us tips
. If it’s really good and you don’t see it here, it
means I’m probably writing a feature on it.
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[
{
"comment_id": "15532",
"author": "Jeff",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T12:07:03",
"content": "My PVR 500 and Mythtv work awesome. Although, i did have to do a bunch of forum crawling at the time, cause the PVR 500 wasn’t supported very well. Don’t you love having PiP from it? its great",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15531",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T16:48:14",
"content": "Yep. 6 million pints. We’re all really drunk.Haha thanks eliot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15530",
"author": "desmond majestic",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T16:56:26",
"content": "I used to work retail in a store with carpet that was horrible for building up static. The solution is simple.Get a spray bottle of fabric softener, spray the carpet liberally. We used to do this about once a month and the shocks just went away.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15529",
"author": "billytheimpaler",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T17:31:23",
"content": "If you’re looking for a good chuckle view the page source for the “Million Dollar webpage.” everything contained within is purely ridiculous.Yehoshua’s b0rg is massive. Done. His stated gola is 100k PPD! I’m hoping he can add even more and move in ultra-elite territry with this type of guy:http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=1920x1080i%2DHow%3F%3F%3F1920x1080i-How??? is the current No. 1 folder in the world.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15528",
"author": "Ed",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T18:35:12",
"content": "I’m sitting here in my socks now for that exact reason. The advantage of wielding raw electrical power like this is I don’t actually have to physically touch the computer to eject a cd. Just pointing at the drive is enough to send the caddy obediently out. I fear this could end badly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15527",
"author": "yushi",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T19:07:11",
"content": "You need to specify your tuner type when you load the driver for the card. Most of the newer tuners are type 50.Try unloading the tuner module then reloading it like this:rmmod tunermodprobe tuner type=50",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15526",
"author": "mr dan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T19:11:55",
"content": "so many links ! :-)Though, wouldn’t it be better to of split it into several (maybe 3 or 4) posts, this would aid comments and discussion.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15525",
"author": "Beryl",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T20:28:28",
"content": "Pfft. :)The free software list a friend and I are working on looks much better, and is editable/submittable. ;-)http://www.joojanta.com/oftm/index.php",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15524",
"author": "g-Money",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T00:01:50",
"content": "At my college we have a room that has outlets on the floor, one day they decided to cover up the outlets with carpet, so when you sit or do anything you shock the hell out of your self. It hurts soooo bad, but lucky you can not hurt your computer with the small amount of shock that comes out of you. There is not enough electricity to fry the bored, anytime I install new hardware I never worry about it, or even when I work on a server. I have even tried to shock my old motherboard on purpose using modified fan and touching it on the motherboard, and works just fine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15523",
"author": "mrklaw",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T00:01:55",
"content": "wow, lots of great links! I almost didn’t click on “continue reading” because I wasn’t interested in the first few lines of the post, but there was so much good stuff included that I would have missed.How did that guy that used the upside down laptop flip his screen? Is there some kind of software that does that in Windows? The pics didn’t have a lot of detail.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15521",
"author": "seth",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T00:07:36",
"content": "“Team Hack-A-Day continues to dominate; we completed 6 million pints this week.”thats a lof of beer!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15522",
"author": "billytheimpaler",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T00:29:03",
"content": "Mrklaw, some drivers will let you do that. My one laptop will allow it, the other won’t. Check for 3rd party drivers for your laptop graphics if you’re interested.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15520",
"author": "john gilman",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T03:08:11",
"content": "#9- If you can feel a shock it’s several thousand times more potent than it needs to be to fry hardware.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15518",
"author": "Orwell84",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T03:23:04",
"content": "mrklawI know that Ctrl+Alt+down arrow flips it on mine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15519",
"author": "jap",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T03:43:38",
"content": "oh my god you had to reset your ipod!!!! the end is neigh!:rolleyes:",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15517",
"author": "eric",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T05:21:45",
"content": "set the tuner to cable instead of air. although i am not familiar with that card or myth tv. thats why tvs are “181” channel capable. 120 cable, plus 61 over the air",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15516",
"author": "sine~language",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T05:53:51",
"content": "“the end is neigh!”….. :rolleyes:",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15515",
"author": "Joshua Holbrook",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T07:32:26",
"content": "We did the duct tape thing to my friend’s old Dell desktop. (Ugh, Dell cases are nastay. This was an older one though, so it wasn’t at their worst.) It was black duct tape though. I’ll try uploading an image of it at some point maybe.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15514",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T09:47:14",
"content": "The “Air Duster Gun” reminds me of how I used to use cans of DustOff to propel needles and bits of paperclip across the room.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15513",
"author": "Alexander Foken",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T00:32:50",
"content": "Antistatic tip: get rid of those synthetic clothes and shoes. Wear clothes made of cotton or wool, and shoes made of leather. Avoid the poly-something junk. (5% to 10% mixed into cotton or wool is still ok, but not really good.) As a nice side effect, you sweat less and avoid several skin diseases.And to discharge painlessly, ground yourself via a neon bulb. Hold one contact between your fingers, and touch a blank, grounded piece of metal (central heating, water tap) with the other contact. You may also permanently ground one contact of a neon bulb, and connect the other contact to a piece of blank wire or tin foil on your desk. Touch it after sitting down, but before touching the computer. The neon bulb discharges your body slower and with much less current than a direct ground contact, so you will usually not feel anything. The neon bulb will flash, when it becomes dark, you are discharged. A simple resistor (100k Ohm to 10M Ohm, 1/4 W) also does the trick, but without the optical indicator. Remember that you will recharge again when you walk around.Hope that helps,Alexander",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15512",
"author": "jared harley",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T15:17:21",
"content": "“mrklawI know that Ctrl+Alt+down arrow flips it on mine.”That sounds like an Intel Extreme Graphics chip… nVidia can do it too, methinks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15511",
"author": "jrog",
"timestamp": "2005-12-20T01:31:48",
"content": "I’m no real linux expert, but thinking of dumping MCE in favor of Myth. I have the PVR-500, but also an HD card, the Dvico 5 gold. I see posts saying that both of these are compatible, but the only install guide I can find is the one from Jarod Wilson, and it seems to be very out of date. Can anyone recommend an OS (fedora 3,4, gentoo, knoppix) and possibly post directions to install instructions? My MCE box is practically brand new, but has ZERO support for QAM tuning on my HD card, and the latest Video4Linux drivers seem to support it, but I can’t find any helpful hints.Thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15510",
"author": "jaded",
"timestamp": "2005-12-20T06:25:05",
"content": "Alexanderonly problem with neon bulb is it stops conducting once the potential is discharged down to about 45-60V, and won’t drain the entire charge from your body.however, that should drop the voltage down to a “survivable” level for your average cmos devices, should you accidentally touch one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "114198",
"author": "SoundwaveHi",
"timestamp": "2009-12-31T14:02:59",
"content": "Your cable is probably a crimp on connector which will stop most high frequency channels from coming in clearly or even at all…buy new cables if this is the problem.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/14/line-following-robot/
|
Line Following Robot
|
Eliot
|
[
"Robots Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Greg] has been doing a great job updating
DIY Live
. The latest entry details a
line following robot
. These bots are quite common, but Greg provides really thorough coverage of all of the details involved. His particular design features two separate sensors and when the robot reaches the end of the line it will reverse, retracing its steps. He’s got wiring schematics for the h-bridge and other components. He admits that PIC programming is a topic too broad for one post, but he does discuss a few of the necessary logic chunks involved.
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{
"comment_id": "15507",
"author": "digitalmaddog",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T19:21:53",
"content": "great find alway wanted to build this type of bot!!!dm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15508",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T19:27:37",
"content": "These are great beginners projects. I remeber I helped my friend design one with lego mindstorms (albeit much more complex) for her honors engineering courses last year. Fun time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15505",
"author": "Frogz",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T19:41:30",
"content": "everyone checkhttp://cgi.ebay.com/x-box-360-premium-pack-boxed_W0QQitemZ8242384549QQcategoryZ112848QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemout, read the description$800 for 3 PICTURES of a xbox 360",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15506",
"author": "Ezra",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T21:50:16",
"content": "I made a bot like this in high school, however mine had a teather.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15504",
"author": "Fahad",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T22:24:07",
"content": "I want a picture of the Xbox360 too! But $800 is overpriced. You can go and get it your local electronics store for much cheaper, provided they even have it in stock. I don’t think Microsoft produced enough of these for the Christmas crowd. I suppose they didn’t anticipate that demand would be this high. I know a lot of kids who’d want one in their bedroom.We’re still talking about a picture, right? ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15503",
"author": "anthrax11",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T22:30:45",
"content": "We just had a robotics competition in estonia called Robotex 2005, I thought you might be interested in this.The task of the robot was to move through a small wooden building by following a black line on the floor, then grasp a soft toy and take it back to the starting point.Here is the home page:http://www.robotex.ee/overviewAnd video footage of the event:http://www.video.ttu.ee/arhiiv.php",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15501",
"author": "imrcly",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T01:38:11",
"content": "maybe they should ship some back from japan",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15502",
"author": "Tns",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T02:13:12",
"content": "Look at the bid history on that auction. Notice anything strange?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15499",
"author": "aucobalt",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T06:09:16",
"content": "Now that is cool. This the Lab IV project for the Electrical Engineering progam at my university.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15500",
"author": "Steven Hepting",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T11:09:06",
"content": "We just had a final project for an _Analog_ Electronics course. The funny thing is, one guy built a “robot” that followed a black line very similiar to this with just an single op-amp at the controller for the motors. It was pretty slick. And analog “robot.” He had it connected up as a magnitude comparator with the negative input pin biased a some point between black and white, so when the input from the light sensor came in, it was just comparing to that set voltage. To high, and the op-amp would rail to the positive voltage source and turn on one transistor (2N3904) controlling one motor and two low would turn on the other transistor controlling the other motor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15496",
"author": "Unomi",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T11:14:46",
"content": "#8: If you mean that 2 people overbid themselves a couple of times, yes, that is odd….But anyhow…. people paying so much money for pictures or spending above 100GBP without reading the description thoroughly… that is odd too.So, what is your clue?– Unomi –",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15497",
"author": "Streyeder",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T12:40:49",
"content": "Where the hell was this at the beginning of this past semester?!?!?!? lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15498",
"author": "alonelymouse",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T05:49:25",
"content": "Not to offend the creator, but I built one of these when I was in 6th grade using a lego mindstorm. The real trick is getting it to follow lines that cross paths and other complex line configurations(right corners etc).Oh, and unomi, if you’ve ever actually used ebay, you’d know about automatic bidding and how it works.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15495",
"author": "Johnmatrix",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T03:21:59",
"content": "if you look closely, parts of the robot are legos.the motors in the picture are the lego motors included in the mindstorms sets.i think its a bit wrong to compare something like this to a lego mindstorms robot. those type of robots really dont require much coding/building. the lego RCX computer brick and the software actually do most of the work for you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15493",
"author": "Greg Lipscomb",
"timestamp": "2005-12-23T02:47:17",
"content": "You obviously go to Auburn University then, because that is where I built this robot. The mindstorm Lego robot does everything for you. I programmed this robot by myself. I just used the lego motors because they were easy to use. Anybody can buy a kit that does everything for you, but this is how to design it yourself.I have seen a robot built with a comparator. That is a neat project, but it would not do what mine does. Mine stops for exactly three seconds, and then drives in reverse. It could be done with circuits, but this way is much easier.GregDIY Live",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15494",
"author": "ehra",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T05:55:44",
"content": "hi do you have a tools for robots? pls can you post a web site that has tools for robots also some programing languge used in robotics tnx…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15509",
"author": "gaurav",
"timestamp": "2007-09-08T12:46:41",
"content": "hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,950.052004
|
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/13/micro-railgun/
|
Micro Railgun
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
While some railgun projects are attempting to be the biggest and baddest, this one just wants to be functional. It’s not efficient or powerful, but it is really easy to put together. The barrel is constructed from two 3″ long pieces of aluminum weld bar with heavy duty Lucite sandwiched in between. The gap is only 1/16″. A disposable camera charging circuit plus 4 capacitors salvaged from other cameras provide the power supply. The projectile is a tiny piece of aluminum foil. It may not be the greatest gun ever made, but it looks like it would definitely be a good demo unit.
Here is a coral cache of the site
.
[thanks luke]
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|
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{
"comment_id": "15492",
"author": "spaceout",
"timestamp": "2005-12-13T19:01:19",
"content": "my cat better be hiding from this one",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15490",
"author": "Jonathan de beir",
"timestamp": "2005-12-13T19:08:06",
"content": "The pictures doesnt works :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15491",
"author": "crash2108",
"timestamp": "2005-12-13T19:08:42",
"content": "First to post.What would this be useful for?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15489",
"author": "Jonathan de beir",
"timestamp": "2005-12-13T19:12:36",
"content": "The pictures doesnt works :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15488",
"author": "bill",
"timestamp": "2005-12-13T19:17:01",
"content": "Link does not work….:(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15487",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2005-12-13T19:57:23",
"content": "build a couple of increasing delay one shot TTL’s with 555 (and ample voltage dividing and current protection to get down to ~5 v and small miliamps) in parallel with some sort of small SCR’s and parallel capacitors to get multiple current spikes as the projectile travels down the rails for increased velocity.probobly want more parallel charging circuits for shorter downtime.I was working on parallel chargers and discharging for multiple flashbulbs in parallel separated by small inductors to excite a 4″ YAG tube.higher voltage = shorter burst = more briliant.limit of high voltage before flash breakdown and flash… avoid with parallel caps, one polarity leads separated by inductor and flash bulb in parallel. discharge one, immediate potential between ends of inductor and will discharge through tube.shorter flash != more excitement.xenon flash spectra !~= YAG absorbment spectralonger flash better, more photon amp. time, ns/ms timer delays good.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15486",
"author": "matt walde",
"timestamp": "2005-12-13T20:24:14",
"content": "google its url and get the cache. this at least provides text.http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:t7YO350tj_4J:www.geocities.com/physicsthings/microrailgu.htm+&hl=en&client=firefox-a",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15485",
"author": "yurijm",
"timestamp": "2005-12-13T20:58:49",
"content": "lol, bandwidth exceeded",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15484",
"author": "Stevo",
"timestamp": "2005-12-13T21:41:17",
"content": "Why is the person who brags about being the first poster never the first poster? It just adds insult to injury regarding their stupidity.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15480",
"author": "Nick pannuto",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T00:06:51",
"content": "stevo, I agreeIs there a tutorial for this anywhere? I wanna impress my electronics teacher!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15481",
"author": "grant",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T00:19:33",
"content": "God I hate geocities",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15482",
"author": "dirk",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T00:35:44",
"content": "this looks like a helluva lot of fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15483",
"author": "weaszel",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T01:09:48",
"content": "teh grammer dont works :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15479",
"author": "0xF050",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T01:34:07",
"content": "hmm, a few hours ago when i first saw this link on hack-a-day I of course tried to goto the site, where i got the bandwidth exceeded notice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15478",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T01:57:16",
"content": "I can’t believe geocities is still around. All the other popular webhosts that I can remember from the late 90s are long gone.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15477",
"author": "Adam",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T03:55:22",
"content": "After reading that has he concluded saying that he made it but it doesnt have enough power to shot and actaully have some effect? from the website –“The Micro-Railgun is capable of firing small graphite slugs, cut from a piece of drafting lead. Granted, they won’t pierce paper, but it’s a start.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15476",
"author": "nach0s",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T04:01:42",
"content": "the pics arent availabe in the cached version. Does anyone have the pics or a screenshot.Geocities is so useless…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15475",
"author": "Mac",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T04:41:26",
"content": "with the seemingly immense bandwidth of hack a day, why doesnt someone make a place to upload hacks from places like geocities so the owners can still enjoy being famous and using their site?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15474",
"author": "Mikel",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T05:11:13",
"content": "So when the OP wants us to harvest capacitors from 3 other cameras, why not simply order the capacitors themselves, wouldn’t that be cheaper?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15473",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T05:29:19",
"content": "#19, not if you used the film from the disposable, removed it to be developed sepratly, then took the electronics outjust make sure to wind the wheel for a while after the last exposure, so all the film goes into the canister. then ignore the do not open warnings, and a 35mm cassette is all ready to be developed",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15472",
"author": "ejonesss ejonesss",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T07:43:49",
"content": "i emailed the aothor suggesting to upgrade to premium account or if money is tight i could host it free and with unlimited bandwidth from my isp’ user homepage.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15471",
"author": "TNS",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T13:02:11",
"content": "#20, Or you could just get the capacitors for free… Just go into any store that develops film and ask if you can have a few cameras. Once they rip out the film, they just throw the old cameras in a box and I assume recycle them. I once had the kid at Fred Meyer’s offer me every camera in the box…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15470",
"author": "Jason",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T16:11:28",
"content": "If you are interested in building a railgun, go tohttp://www.4hv.organd search the fourms. That is the best/only group of guys out there that are building them.Jasonhttp://www.rollette.com/railgun",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15469",
"author": "luke",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T04:22:10",
"content": "i have made the same gun as this a few weeks ago and you get a flash and a spark its fun but if you have the wrong sci staff at school they will think you are a terrorist i didnt even bring it to school and then i had to see the counsler.these things are fun to make have a go, it took me less than a day and yess (22) just go to camera shops and just ask for them they are happy to give you as meny as you can carryluke",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15468",
"author": "dirk",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T10:55:09",
"content": "some friends and I are currently working on this thing, we’ve got the capacitor bank up and running, and just need a little more work on the rails to get those going nice and spiffy-like. i did some reading on railguns on my own that I think’s gonna help.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15467",
"author": "bob",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T02:57:38",
"content": "I built this the day I saw the post here. but Alas, I cannot get it to function properly. The projectile does not move. it sparks, and a few sparklets come out both sides, but Its a FAR cry from “a foot long streak of plasma” that the author Describes. It makes me sad.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15466",
"author": "Jg Physsicsthings",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T20:23:45",
"content": "Hey guys. I’ve been getting alot of requests for photos/data of the microrailgun, and I’mextremely flattered by the interest in this device, but sadly this project was concludedalmost two years ago, and what little I did take note of back then has been lost (computerfailures and replacements). The original prototypes are just gone. Following this project I began (and completed) work on a larger railgun, but even that one has sat unfired for over a year. I just don’t have the time to work on these projects anymore. Considering the interest people seem to have in the microrailgun, I will put together a re-make of this device soon, and take photographs of the process. I’ll let you guys know where it’s hosted on this thread. I’ve recieved numerous, generous offers for bandwidth for this project. I’m sorry I can’t respond to these all individually, but I literally have an inbox full of these emails. Thanks again for the interest. It’s an honor to have been featured on hackaday.com. Luke, congrats on getting it to work, I hope you didn’t get in much trouble at school.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15465",
"author": "Jacob",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T05:07:11",
"content": "I’m one of dirk’s (#25) friends helping with the project. We made a bank of 5 capacitors that came out of disposable cameras and we were unable to get the stream of plasma spoke of in the article. I’ve built a bank of capacitors out of 2200mfd caps found at a local surplus electronics store. 15 total equating to 33 farads. I’ve got the bank wired together and working, just need to get the gun from dirk who is going to be away for the next couple weeks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15464",
"author": "jacob",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T17:30:16",
"content": "Success! Our initial failure was because we used steel bars as the rails instead of aluminum, and that the size was 1/2″ x 1/2″. Yesterday I checked the site again and the images were there! I was able to find the intended dimensions from one of the images, and built the gun this morning. It works great with 33 farads, let me tell you!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15463",
"author": "dnv",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T19:26:09",
"content": "I’ve been trying to get the images for the site for a while now and i’m not having any luck. Since you said you were able to see the images do you mind checking your cache to see if they are still there and if so could you upload them to a place likehttp://imageshack.us/so that others can see them too.thanks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15462",
"author": "jacob",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T20:31:14",
"content": "Dunno why it worked once, but i downloaded the images as quickly as I could because I figured it would be a one-time thing. Here ya go!hxxp://img343.imageshack.us/img343/3209/circuit0ng.jpghxxp://img343.imageshack.us/img343/5886/smallrailgun6ma.jpghxxp://img343.imageshack.us/img343/7071/howitworks3sr.jpghxxp://img343.imageshack.us/img343/5339/howitworks29ia.jpg",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15461",
"author": "dnv",
"timestamp": "2005-12-19T00:19:27",
"content": "Thanks for uploading the pics.I re-compiled the webpage with the images in their original positions to make it easier for people to view it and also for if someone wanted to rehost the page somewhere.Here’s a link to a zip file containing the webpage:http://www.mytempdir.com/329172",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15460",
"author": "jacob",
"timestamp": "2005-12-20T04:14:50",
"content": "Got sick and tired of spending money on batteries so I bought an LM 117 and with a 100 ohm resistor and a 10k pot created a 1.5 volt power supply out of a wall wart i had laying around. I also found an old plastic container and made a nice case for the charging circuit. If anyone’s interested I’ll post images.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15459",
"author": "Daedalus",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T01:09:00",
"content": "Hi, i was searching in google an i find this.there are the ignition circuit.circuitshttp://forum.4hv.org/index.php?board=5;action=display;threadid=4232",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15458",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T00:05:06",
"content": "Hey, I was wondering if someone could create an “idiots guide to making a mini rail gun”? I have the cameras and stuff but I really have no clue what I’m doing ^_^ thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15457",
"author": "brent",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T01:57:47",
"content": "i cant wait to make this on the weekend",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15456",
"author": "x",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T00:34:34",
"content": "If you don’t know what you’re doing, then you shouldn’t do anything. Those caps are dangerous; just four of them is a bit over 26 joules. You might get an idea of what I’m talking about even if you charge just one cap up to capacity and then short it with an insulated screwdriver. I don’t want to spoil your party, but it’s a bad idea to do things you have no idea about.Anyway, if you so insist on endangering yourself… you hook the caps up in parallel and then take one lead from the (-) rail and connect it to the (-) lead of the cap. Then, take a length of wire to use as a switch, connect it to the (+) cap lead, and use something insulated (so your fingers don’t fry) to close it once the caps are charged up. Good luck and don’t hurt yourself or anyone else.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15455",
"author": "x",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T05:15:54",
"content": "if that was a bit confusing (as I know I didn’t actually try to explain) here’s a diagram:(–)|—|=====|(+)|/ -|=====|(crummy attempt at an ascii switch)basically, get your projectile in, charge up the caps, and use something insulated to complete the (+) lead from the cap bank to the (+) rail. Remember, follow the right hand rule; the last thing you need is a ball of hot plasma flying at you.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15454",
"author": "Adam",
"timestamp": "2006-01-19T00:46:26",
"content": "Hey, i was wondering if somebody has a detailed step by step instructions for building a small railgun.I think i know enough about electricity to build one, But i don’t quite get the construction part.for ex. (how long are the welding rods)Stuff like that",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15453",
"author": "bgugi",
"timestamp": "2006-01-21T01:06:26",
"content": "this is a wild idea, but did anyone ever consider clicking the link at the bottom of the page that says “main page,” and then clicking the link that says “micro railgun? *duh* it has photos and everything…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15452",
"author": "char",
"timestamp": "2006-02-07T03:56:19",
"content": "could you use tv capacitors instead, or do they not release the energy as fast as flash capacitors?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15450",
"author": "trinitrogen",
"timestamp": "2006-02-08T06:09:28",
"content": "I’ve constructed it as best I can from the directions. I got a bunch of Kodak cameras (They wouldn’t give them to me for free so I had to buy them at a whopping 48 cents each). I opened them up and I couldn’t exactly tell which was positve and which was negetive, so being that they were all pretty much were the same “chipset”, I just connected corresponding leads in parallel like the directions. They charge just fine, I can hear it power up and then the light comes on. I’ve got two aligator clips I connected to the ends of of the capacitor bank, but I leave one connected so the otherone is basically my ignition switch when I connect it. I get a little piece of tin foil “no thicker than the rails” (whatever that means. Put it in the middle, and once charged I connect the other aligator clip and…I get a big ol’ spark at the aligator clip but Im pretty sure the foil doesn’t move. I think once it vaporized. Anybody have the foggiest whats wrong?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15451",
"author": "amgroben",
"timestamp": "2006-02-11T03:10:13",
"content": "Yeah, well I got a bag of salvaged power line capaciters, there a bout 6 incehs in height, by 3″ in diameter….they should work fine right? just about 6 of them?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15449",
"author": "xAVIRZ",
"timestamp": "2006-03-10T12:17:41",
"content": "yO GUYZ THIS IS MAD BUT!BUT I HAVE GOT NO IDEA HOW TO BUILD ITthe instructions r kinda wacked is it aluminium bars sandwiched inbetween the lucite???????Cheers!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15448",
"author": "Xavirz",
"timestamp": "2006-03-12T03:25:19",
"content": "yo this is boring no1 is answering me and by the way is lucite american/? caus im in aus and i asked the guy at the hardware store and all he said was “fcking americans” and grunted???? help!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15447",
"author": "R34P3R",
"timestamp": "2006-05-14T07:19:37",
"content": "I dont think that this is an actual device (at least not from the way you described making it). Aluminum foil is undoubtedly NOT going to be propelled forward by an EMP. It would have to be something along the lines of a steel rod, or rail.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15446",
"author": "R34P3R",
"timestamp": "2006-05-15T05:56:33",
"content": "the “railgun” that you describe is not a rail gun, so much as a plasma rifle type item. a rail gun would utilize steel projectiles and launch them with magnetics coils and such.however, I feel that this plasma rifle is friggin awesome",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15445",
"author": "Anthony",
"timestamp": "2006-05-21T04:48:44",
"content": "#46, #47: This is totally a railgun. Your confusion is the misunderstanding of what a rail gun is from the games you have played. It isn’t a railgun because it shoots rails, but rather because it has rails that the projectile moves between under magnetic forces.A Coil gun has coils up and down the barrel that pull the projectile along the barrier with magnetic forces.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,950.190226
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/12/fast-serial-lcd-interface/
|
Fast Serial LCD Interface
|
Eliot
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
This is a serial interface for any LCD using the incredibly common 44780 controller. There are a couple different serial interfaces like this on the market, but this project aims to be a superior version. It can use 5 – 30V with an included regulator. It has ESD protection. True RS232 levels mean you can use really long cables. Up to 8 buttons are also supported. This would work great with a car computer. All of the software and schematics are provided. Have a look around the madhacker site for a lot of other cool projects.
[thanks Stuart]
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{
"comment_id": "15444",
"author": "kURTROEDEGER",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T19:20:11",
"content": "I just love LCD hacks.–Kurt Roedeger",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15441",
"author": "jaguarrrr",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T19:38:13",
"content": "why would you bother to build a serial interface for the 44780 ? (I really want to know…)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15442",
"author": "hex4def6",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T20:29:20",
"content": "#2: Because using a parallel port to drive the thing sucks?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15443",
"author": "jason spence",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T20:54:16",
"content": "i’d like to point out that many of maxim’s 232 interface ICs include 15k esd protection.the rest of the circuit doesn’t seem to include esd protection. there should probably be a metal-oxide varistor and transil somewhere north of the 7805, to deal with spikes in automotive environments.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15440",
"author": "Jason spence",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T21:13:24",
"content": "Oh, and the 74174 is a Hex D Flip-Flop with Common Clear. It seems to be used as a 6 bit serial->parallel converter for the data line coming out of the pic.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15439",
"author": "xSmurf",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T22:13:44",
"content": "I’m currently working on a serial/parallel VFD (Vacuum Fluorescent Display) project. I picked up a few of these on eBay they are 40×2 VFDs have parallel and serial. VFDs are nice as they generate their own light, unlike LCDs and thus are much brighter. I use serial to drive the vfd… keeping things simple. As for input I use a 16×16 keyboard from Parallax (www.parallax.com, costy), a 74C922 16 key to binary encoder (plans onhttp://www.beyondlogic.org, grabbed at digikey.com) and a 6402 based UART (plans:http://www.jbgizmo.com/page2.html, hard to find, but I picked up a few free samples on the net). I’m considering replacing the UART with one of these nice little FTDI USB => Serial/|| chips. The electronics works good for the most part. Software wise it’s another story. I haven’t seen a single LCD app for the mac (osx, so posix interface). I decided to write my own, learning C at the same time. But I don’t think I have the agily with C to create such a project. Anyone knows of a simple open source project that could help me start out?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15438",
"author": "KyleYankan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-13T01:16:32",
"content": "Does anyone know of a stand-alone in-case LCD? I’d really like to make/buy one for my computer, so I didn’t have to leave the monitor on 24/7. Plus, the coolness factor",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15437",
"author": "hex4def6",
"timestamp": "2005-12-13T07:08:07",
"content": "#:matrix orbital make faceplates for these lcds that fit in a standard drive bay. They also sell serial LCD displays, but they’re pricy if I remember.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15436",
"author": "Brandon",
"timestamp": "2005-12-13T13:16:48",
"content": "you can dremel out a blank drive bezel and poke the LCD screen through. a 16×2 LCD screen is about $6, and if you’ve got an old parallel cable lying around… Coolness on the cheap.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15435",
"author": "epooch",
"timestamp": "2005-12-13T23:33:28",
"content": "quote:”I haven’t seen a single LCD app for the mac ”you can check out my project here:http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000570045205/It uses a cheap USB -> parallel printer converter rather thanUSB->serial -> parallelI also have a small command line program to write data to the LCD",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15434",
"author": "Per",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T23:37:27",
"content": "I’ve been looking like mad for this exact thing but based on an AVR instead of PIC. Does anyone konow of such a project?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15433",
"author": "tony",
"timestamp": "2006-02-09T22:15:39",
"content": "Just wondering is there any good suggestions for a really cheap 4 line LCD with serial interface??? or even a cheap LCD serial interface controller is fine too (as long it can support up to around 4×20 characters) I actually found a few but they r all kind expensive I hope i can keep it under 40 dollars with LCD and controller or the LCD with serial interface",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15432",
"author": "vihar",
"timestamp": "2006-05-16T12:49:04",
"content": "sir i am a hardwer &networkenng…. & can you give trick of how can change bios (post)screenlike you see on post screenintel pentium 3 1 Ghztohow can change this sentecetoIntel Pentium 4 3.2 Ghzplease reply me [email protected]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,950.103219
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/11/24ghz-field-strength-meter/
|
2.4Ghz Field Strength Meter
|
Eliot
|
[
"Wireless Hacks"
] |
[] |
This is a really simple way to measure WiFi strength. Actually, it will measure anything in the 2.4Ghz range, like your microwave. The device consists of a two element quad antenna, a Ghz sensitive diode and a variable capacitor for tuning. The sensor is plugged into a voltmeter for measurement. The page has links for locating the specialized diodes.
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[
{
"comment_id": "15431",
"author": "joelanders",
"timestamp": "2005-12-11T19:25:21",
"content": "this thing is cool. i wonder if he could build three of them and pinpoint the source of the emr. like if they were spaced out enough and he had some software that interprets the differences in strength…. bah maybe too complicated…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15430",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2005-12-11T20:20:19",
"content": "That idea’s not bad. It’s how they pimpoint earthquakes. Only difference is funding.And I wonder how an old microwave would register on that thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15429",
"author": "burndup",
"timestamp": "2005-12-11T20:59:42",
"content": "ARRRGH! He doesnt specify EXACTLY which diode he used… I have a box full of thrift-store radar detectors and other door-opener gunnplexers, (all have SIMILAR microwave diodes in them) but theres no way to tell which will work best…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "942085",
"author": "n0lkk",
"timestamp": "2013-01-18T21:53:14",
"content": "Not sure if thishttp://www.radiolocman.com/shem/schematics.html?di=62425is the project featured here, but it sure looks like it. Should answer your questions about the diodes.",
"parent_id": "15429",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "15428",
"author": "tns",
"timestamp": "2005-12-11T21:37:54",
"content": "This is a beautiful hack. Thanks, Eliot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15425",
"author": "John Bokma",
"timestamp": "2005-12-11T21:50:30",
"content": "Forwarded this to my brother, he probably will be happy with it :-D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15426",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-12-11T23:19:52",
"content": "Teamhackaday.com is down, right when I was about to submit a long post too.:(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15427",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-12-11T23:22:54",
"content": "Nevermind, it’s up,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15424",
"author": "Jkx",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T01:35:15",
"content": "The main issue, is that this kind of diode are really rare, and hard to find. So don’t dream to much about this.ByeBye",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15423",
"author": "PEte",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T02:35:27",
"content": "HELLO, MY NAME IS PETER AND I LOVE ROSE. I HAVE BEEN MADLY IN LOVE WITH HER SINCE KINDERGARDEN AND I CANT WAIT TO SEE HER AGAIN. SMOOCHY SMOOCH ROSE. I LOVE YOU. KISSY KISS ROSE. I LOVE YOU. WOOOOOOOOOOOOWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PIPIT. I LOVE ROSE.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15422",
"author": "rc:line",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T02:50:45",
"content": "1N5711 schottky diodes will work, and are much easier to find. To drive an analog meter, you’d need to buffer the diode’s output with an op-amp. For a accurate reading in dBm, look into the Analog Devices AD8313/AD8314 series of log detectors.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15420",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T06:15:58",
"content": "10 bucks says petes a virgin",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "942030",
"author": "n0lkk",
"timestamp": "2013-01-18T19:54:46",
"content": "That or he isn’t getting any regularly and is drunk, or wasted in some other manner.",
"parent_id": "15420",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "15421",
"author": "D. Cooper",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T06:39:06",
"content": "Another good source for these microwave diodes is old radar detectors. Nearly any radar detector that uses a cast metal waveguide horn and mixer housing will have one or more detector diodes installed in their mixer stage.Some manufactures of radar detectors used “strip-line” waveguides and mixers, so these will have a double-sided p.c. board withtiny little “pellet”, surface-mounted diodes instead of a 3-dimesional “horn” assembly. These would, admittedly be much harder to de-solder/solder to without overheating and destroying them, but might make for a far more compact antenna assembly.Standard ESD precautions should also be observed to protect these types of diode/s from static discharge while handling and soldering.DC",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15419",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T16:28:27",
"content": "Ugly, but beautiful! I’m wondering if the guage of the copper wire makes a difference? It looks as though this person used a 12 guage wire for the elements. This would maybe make a good detector for tooling around the neighborhood in your car, seeing which neighbors of yours are using an 802.11g transmitter ;). Oh – and put me in for 10 on pete also.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15418",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T16:55:37",
"content": "Ugly, but beautiful! I’m wondering if the guage of the copper wire makes a difference? It looks as though this person used a 12 guage wire for the elements. This would maybe make a good detector for tooling around the neighborhood in your car, seeing which neighbors of yours are using an 802.11g transmitter ;). Oh – and put me in for 10 on pete also.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15416",
"author": "burndup",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T18:35:56",
"content": "Mixer diode outta the radar detector, eh?Ima slap one of these puppies together tonight!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15417",
"author": "Jan kåre vatne",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T13:20:57",
"content": "Look athttp://www.farnell.com/datasheets/27736.pdffor a more professional detector. The diode is quite cheap by the way – only ca $3. Its name is HSMS-286K. Get it at Farnell:http://no.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSearch/partDetail.jsp?SKU=3883103&N=401jkvatne",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15415",
"author": "Jeffrey",
"timestamp": "2005-12-23T07:37:15",
"content": "i just recently took apart my old Gameboy Color and noticed that at the top of it there are a couple of LED’s. i was just wondering if the Gameboy Color was originally meant to be able to control things remotely with its LED’s.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "942024",
"author": "n0lkk",
"timestamp": "2013-01-18T19:51:19",
"content": "Argh; led here by a current post, but I don’t see s link to project, but found this when trying to find ithttp://www.qsl.net/n9zia/wireless/appendixF.htmlWhich may or may not be useful with anyone plating with microwave RF.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,950.387407
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/10/powerbook-compact-flash-drive/
|
Powerbook Compact Flash Drive
|
Eliot
|
[
"Mac Hacks"
] |
[] |
This Powerbook 150 was purchased as a simple media reader. Once the hard drive failed the owner decided to replace it with a compact flash card since IDE adapters were available. There was a problem: the ATA device driver would probe the device and then immediately shutdown because the “identify device” bit wasn’t the expected value. The device driver had been written before more recent changes to the ATA spec. Greg solved the problem by constructing a daughter card that plugs into the adapter board’s 40-pin header and then flips the identifying bit when the device is initially probed.
[thanks iamdigitalman]
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[
{
"comment_id": "15414",
"author": "CYRIX",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T20:42:15",
"content": "how many people are going to use this????",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15413",
"author": "BitSlash",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T20:47:43",
"content": "I would… dude thats awesome, but is there a way to out multiple cards in there, kinda like a raid of multiple Compact Flash cards for more space?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15412",
"author": "billytheimpaler",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T21:06:12",
"content": "Bitslash, I suppose that you could do it becasue the computer sees the flash card just like any other IDE device. I’m not sure how the ATA RAID controller would handle it though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15411",
"author": "collin",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T21:18:26",
"content": "Cool hack. I was actually thinking of doing this with a sony picturebook I have. So did he have trouble because a powerbook 150 is kinda old? I’m assuming on a more modern machine the adapter would just work…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15409",
"author": "karpet",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T21:26:09",
"content": "This is an insane hack! With advancements like this, native-booting of 68k macs must surely be around the corner!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15410",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T21:58:35",
"content": "cyric, it has little to do with how many people will benefit. however, it has *EVERYTHING* to do with clever, non-obvious approaches to solving a problem. regardless of the application, regardless of who or how many may benefit, such an achievement is always admirable.to all of those who disdain the posted hack of the day, please refrain from belittling comments. not a hack you say? already know if it? why, then, what an excellent opportunity! share your knowledge with others for whom such a hack is neither obvious or known. a negative atmosphere will never foster anything .at any rate, this was a very very nice job, and yet more proof that our old hardware still has a breath of life in it. my old powerbooks might welcome such a resurrection. (theyre also indestructible…i used one as an ssh frontend to a router’s console port for several years without a single restart. thank you, debian).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "15408",
"author": "jc",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T22:12:18",
"content": "Pretty slick! At first blush, it looks like it might fit into a GAL22V10. If not, it might be doable with the GAL and a flip-flop. That reduces the size and wiring complexity, and if he were to lay out a PCB, that would reduce the assembly effort.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15407",
"author": "kryten007",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T22:34:43",
"content": "Great work! now here’s your next challenge: do the opposite. i would LOVE a diy way to use a regular ata drive to a cf-enabled device, particularly my pocketPC…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15406",
"author": "digitallysick",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T22:40:34",
"content": "now if only we could do this with some of those 2gig flash cards , i cant wait until we have flash harddrives!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15405",
"author": "bluestar",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T23:37:33",
"content": "Coyote Linux website offers some adaptershttp://www.coyotelinux.com/store/index.php?ByCategory=4",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15404",
"author": "markie",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T23:55:48",
"content": "nice! this can also be useable for those pictureframe-hacks I guess, as I, for one, wouldn’t like an old spinning HD hanging on my wall :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15403",
"author": "mr dan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-11T00:04:21",
"content": "CF cards are not designed for this kind of operation, they have a low write life (that is, they can only take a certain number of writes before they fail). When used as a OS drive it is *essential* that the OS is configured properly to minimise writing to the CF card.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "15402",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-12-11T00:05:13",
"content": "Well I have a powerbook 1400 G3 and I’m thinking about adding a compact flash card to boot off of and add some virtual memory.Plus I got a 512MB compact flash card for only $15AR.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "15401",
"author": "iamdigitalman",
"timestamp": "2005-12-11T05:11:47",
"content": "yeah, i found this and was thinking of doing it to my PB100, only use it IN ADDITION to the HD. use it to boot off of, like ez said. also, using it as VM might work as well. However, I dont wanna mess around with my beautiful PB100. maybe I should pick up a PB150 on ebay, as they are going for cheap.of course, I also have a wallstreet on the way, the one without the cache. I could try to put a CF card in it and use it as a cache. if I could get a smaller card, imagine instead of a 512kb cache, try 32mb!! or, wouldnt that work?-digital ;)",
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{
"comment_id": "15400",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2005-12-11T05:52:30",
"content": "best suggestion for getting adapters (ide-to-cf, ide-to-laptop-ide, etc) is ebay. price via coyote linux? $60 to $80 US. ebay? $0.99.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15399",
"author": "david",
"timestamp": "2005-12-11T10:07:54",
"content": "Looking at the schematic, I’m wondering why the designer didn’t just use OR gates instead of using an inverter after every NOR. He could have saved a chip.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15398",
"author": "BoomBox",
"timestamp": "2005-12-11T20:53:05",
"content": "Love the hack.Good detective work on his part with disassembling the code and finding the problem! I would not have opted for the logic chips but a CPLD like a XC9536 but thats me ;-).Great stuff.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15397",
"author": "Top-e5",
"timestamp": "2005-12-11T23:02:27",
"content": "Ok peeps i’m new here…..well been in the shadows for some time. Now i have to come out of the hack shadows, coz i’m a newbie. I have a Ricoh g1200s….could you run an alternative OS with a pcmcia adapter and flash card? Like a removable multi-boot system? Would you have to do the same thing here that jam did. Would like to run a linux distro.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15395",
"author": "Top-e5",
"timestamp": "2005-12-11T23:11:08",
"content": "By the way excellent idea.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15396",
"author": "anonymous Gort",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T06:00:18",
"content": "Very nice",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15394",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T11:20:27",
"content": "I’ve got a PB100 in the closet, damn keys are too loud..only use for it I ever found was word processing, and some people have used it as MIDI STMP clock…I don’t think the battery keeps a charge. Interesting hack though…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15393",
"author": "Peter clay",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T18:06:49",
"content": "I like this a lot – I didn’t think people built circuits out of discrete logic any more, and it hadn’t occured to me to put a CF card in a laptop as a means of building a silent PC.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15392",
"author": "ravuya",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T19:19:22",
"content": "That’s pretty awesome. Bring on the 68K hacks!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15391",
"author": "Suntiger",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T01:19:34",
"content": "You know, for IF, a Palm OS device is a much better bet, especially an old one with a KB, maybe a treo 100/300 or something, seeing as there have been IF engines since POS 3.0 or something like that.Excellent hack though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15390",
"author": "jovan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T02:56:28",
"content": "sweet hack! have a pb100 as well as a pb160, wondering if this will work on scsi as well. :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15389",
"author": "nils",
"timestamp": "2005-12-20T14:49:58",
"content": "I love this hack, I already thought it would be neat to do similar things to other notebooks… way to go man! Really neat.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15388",
"author": "Stuart",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T01:18:39",
"content": "All current publicly available Flash Drives have an extreme limitation when it comes to writing data. They ‘wear-out’ after a relatively small amount of block writes. Using a flash card in this manner (as a home for the OS) means it will most likely have a lot of write operations performed on the flash drive. Most newer drives try to combat this by distributing data writes as evenly and reasonable as they can. So for all of you out there who think “I can get replace my HD”: you may have be in for a big suprise shortly down the road. VERY nice project nonetheless.",
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/09/lumenlab-projector-build/
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Lumenlab Projector Build
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A couple days ago we mentioned that Lumenlab had released their top secret plans for building an LCD based projector. Hack-A-Day reader [Brad O’Connor] sent along his experiences
using the Lumenlab plans
. Like most people, he says that the $20 price of admission is worth it. The system uses a 400Watt metal halide lamp as a light source. A fresnel lens straightens the light before it passes through a consumer LCD panel. A second fresnel lens directs the light to the final focusing lens. You can grab a torrent of the plans
here
. Brad is currently working on motorizing his 120″ screen.
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{
"comment_id": "15367",
"author": "billytheimpaler",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T19:14:00",
"content": "I wanted to do this wicked bad until it occurred to me that I don’t have an LCD to tear apart. Rats. Maybe I can do it in 10 years when LCDs with busted backlights are getting chucked in the dumpster like busted CRTs are now.I checked into the legality of that torrent, apparently it’s 100% legit, the company just decided to stop selling its product in lieu of giving it away for nothing. Ad revenue, anybody?",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1593395",
"author": "HTFCirno2000",
"timestamp": "2014-06-24T07:58:43",
"content": "Well, it’s about to be 10 years from then Mr. Back-In-Past person!People throw this stuff out all the time!",
"parent_id": "15367",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2458538",
"author": "Nate",
"timestamp": "2015-02-28T20:12:24",
"content": "Well, it’s been 10 years! Are trashed LCDs common? Yeah, kinda! Or buy a new mini lcd tv for $40!",
"parent_id": "15367",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "2773743",
"author": "forje",
"timestamp": "2015-10-27T14:47:09",
"content": "I built one of these back in 2006 from the lumenlab plans and it is still running!",
"parent_id": "15367",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "15366",
"author": "aomapes",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T19:17:58",
"content": "Well, why should you pay to get plans when you just can get the equivalent, legally, just by surfing on foreign websites.Just a few examples:http://www.allinbox.com/allinbox.htmSheers",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "15365",
"author": "justin dexheimer",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T19:24:09",
"content": "hooooooooly shit, brad from wsu! this is justin, if you ever read this. nice project man. hats off.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15364",
"author": "Justin",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T19:43:27",
"content": "The 120V 400w Electronic Ballast seems to be the most expensive part of these plans.Is there anywhere to pick up any of these parts in surplus or used?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15363",
"author": "vbrtrmn",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T22:35:11",
"content": "Looks like both /. & hackaday have been turned into advertisers for Lumenlab :( Lumenlab charges $19.99 for access to thier “premium content” which is free elsewhere!http://www.google.com/search?q=diy+projectorHow about some real linkshttp://repair4laptop.org/lcd_projector_beamer_selfmade.htmlhttp://www.hommie.net/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15362",
"author": "CYRIX",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T22:46:05",
"content": "i paid the 20 bucks for it and its well worth it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15361",
"author": "Andy",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T23:15:55",
"content": "$550 for a DIY project? That’s a touch pricey, but if it is truly capable of those resolutions that’s nearly half the cost of the commercial equivalent. If it’s not, however, I’d sooner go with a commercial projector that’s:– less than $100 more– half the size– a fourth again the weight– doesn’t heat the house– covered by a warranty",
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"comment_id": "15359",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T23:21:10",
"content": "Maybe you should sooner not compare DIY projects with commercial products. You’re totally missing the point.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "15360",
"author": "Philip",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T23:46:56",
"content": "Yeah… not to mention the fact that a commercial projector bulb will run you ~$300+ and only last for a couple thousand hours, where the lumenlab bulb will run for 10K+ hours and cost you $40.Also, you have the option of building a 1080p projector for around $1200, and couldn’t get anywhere close to that on a commercial 1080p.",
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{
"comment_id": "15358",
"author": "machs_fuel",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T00:23:29",
"content": "i managed to get a free overhead projector to salvage a light source and fresnels; the 380W projector bulb isn’t as bright as a MH but with a good first surface mirror and a triplet lense i’ve gotten some rather good results. Going to change the to a bulb type with a built in reflector adventually.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "15356",
"author": "Edz",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T01:25:18",
"content": "Does anyone know the source of the LCD panel he used? I’ve never heard of any 1080p capable 15″ panels, and a google of the serial number he provides turns up nothing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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"comment_id": "15357",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T02:02:26",
"content": "I must say, it really is worth the $20 if only for the forums. yeah, it /should/ be free. but note none of the free links posted here really don’t have forums that compare to lumenlabs. also, I think the fee keeps out people who are not serious abot building one of these.also, the free .pdf is a basic guide, with your membership you get a /much/ more extensive guide.",
"parent_id": null,
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"comment_id": "15355",
"author": "cokebottle tuque",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T03:02:36",
"content": "dam this comes out the day after I ordered my over head projector. meh its still good info and maybe I can use the parts from the over head anyways.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15354",
"author": "Josh",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T03:57:22",
"content": "ok, I’m very wierded out that noone posted this link yet:http://www.diyprojectorcompany.com/Just like lumen labs: parts (at cost to cost), design, forums, but no cost for “premium content” or any information.They even improve on the lumen design by reducing space with a mirror; fractionally more difficult, but the box is alot less…. conspicuous ;)",
"parent_id": null,
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{
"comment_id": "15353",
"author": "Brad",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T04:08:34",
"content": "Justin whats up!!! This is Brad from WSU.The price you are paying is actually for the fourm acess and a much better guide. There is so much information on the web site it will save you well over that in mistakes. Also Lumenlab had all the parts mad for this project, so they are excellent quality. YOu could easily find all the parts from other sources, but I found that these prices are very fair. The quality of my projector is amazing. The pictures on my site hardly do it any justice. another great feature is I runn this thing constantly. I would have probablty already used up 2 commercial bulbes. If you want to make the screen look even better you could drop some cash on a nice screen. I am building one you can take a look on the website. I only have pictures up there now.EnjoyBrad",
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"depth": 1,
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},
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"comment_id": "15387",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T07:25:24",
"content": "How about a link to a site where someone is building these things for sale??Otherwise, the rest of us will probably have to wait for the next commercial projector deal on Woot. See the one where some guy got a 61″ DLP TV for $8??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
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"comment_id": "15385",
"author": "Jim",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T07:59:10",
"content": "The 20bux was well spent. I had been watching the project for a while, but the premium membership really gives you a base of people that are a little more serious about making this thing work for a good price. The plans are pretty good and the experiences of everyone in the forum give some great ideas to build a design from.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "15386",
"author": "Fullcontactgeek",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T09:40:02",
"content": "I’ve built 2 projectors based on the Lumenlab design. When I first started as a noob, the plans and the help available on their forums was great. My first pj was done over a single weekend and the results were mindblowing. At the time, commercial projectors were still more expensive than the DIY option, but even now that they are so low in price, the DIY option is still valid because there is no getting around that fact that the bulb replacement cost of any commercial pj is just crazy. My current DIY projector is in constant daily use. Replacement bulbs are around $50 or so and have a rated life of 20,000 hours.http://www.fullcontactgeek.com/index.php?page=show&id=1131946834",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "15384",
"author": "andy",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T11:26:40",
"content": "Are there any UK sites that sell the necessary parts?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15383",
"author": "jif_pup",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T16:17:18",
"content": "The torrent file is at BEST a basic guide, and is mostly an advertisement for the Lumenlabs Premium membership. I ain’t saying this’ a bad thing..I plan on getting the premium. I’ve looked at the sites offering “free” info, and most are just repeated in the torrent file..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
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},
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"comment_id": "15382",
"author": "Pistolen08",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T17:54:22",
"content": "I just finished building my 15″ projector from lumenlab a couple of months ago. I am extremely satisfied with the results. I could have easily just gone and bought a commercial projector, but when I thought about the cost difference, I don’t think I could have afforded the bulb replacement (like $300 per 1k hours). The total cost for my project was ~$400, and I really enjoyed the experiance. The people on the forums are a lot of help. I would highly recommend paying the $20 and help support lumenlab. I plan to start building a WUXGA one soon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15381",
"author": "Brad O'Connor",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T19:07:13",
"content": "If you choose to sing up for the membership please try and follow the link on my webpage or the one below.http://www.lumenlab.com/index.php?ref=bradSince I came up with the idea to get the site on /. and Hackaday I might be able to get a pro lens kit. If I am able to do this I can add that build to my website so you guys can see the difference in the basic kit and pro kit. If you choose not to use my link thats fine I mainly posted this website to better the DIY projector community. So many great ideas are coming out of this project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15379",
"author": "jeh",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T11:08:54",
"content": "there are no 15″ LCD panels that will do 1080 lines. I’m guessing his setup isn’t HD at all, probably 1024×768",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15380",
"author": "philip",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T18:54:24",
"content": "A hard to find item is a 1280×768 monitor (Staples used to carry a Proview) can do 720p. There is a 15.4″ panel that does 1920×1200 athttp://members.cox.net/minoten/although the group buy is closed. It would do 1080p without a problem.Either of those will do HD.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15377",
"author": "Doggy",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T21:19:05",
"content": "Releaseing an advert like that onto torrent sites will only backfire, Hopwfully someone will make a copy of all the information on there and seed a REAL lumenlab torrent ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15378",
"author": "Brad O'Connor",
"timestamp": "2005-12-24T08:30:01",
"content": "again the real value is in the forum not the manual.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15376",
"author": "Jel",
"timestamp": "2005-12-28T16:59:57",
"content": "why not buy a commercial projector and replace the bulb unit for a metal halide/halogen?dont get me wrong i LOVE science projects.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15375",
"author": "adrian",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T00:43:30",
"content": "I concur,The 20 dollars for the forum access is WELL worth it. Those free places and forums you find on google are full of people who don’t always know what they’re talking about. At lumenlab everyone who’s registered most probably will or has already built the projector – and the knowledge and advice you get from other members is absolutely excellent.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15374",
"author": "kman",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T00:53:24",
"content": "i posted this on digg.com check it out!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15373",
"author": "kman",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T00:55:00",
"content": "here’s the url:http://digg.com/mods/A_New_Underground_Communitydiggh the story, I’d like to make front page!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15372",
"author": "whacko",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T00:56:10",
"content": "no problem man, hope you make it",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15371",
"author": "aname",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T20:39:50",
"content": "I built simplified version of this with an overhead projector and a 15″ LCD monitor, results were awesome and total cost is about $200. Lumenlab is a very nice design, and their forum is well worth the 19.99 they are asking. This is one project everyone should build, you will get hooked on having a 10.5′ x 10’5′ screen.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15370",
"author": "Fritz",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T16:35:50",
"content": "I paid the 20 bucks for it also, and I only read it once, the general idea, of paying the $20 is NOT for the plans, it’s to access the lumenlabs premium forums, in which I believe, is absolutely 100% priceless..Your wasting your time downloading the torrent for the plans, and stop whinging about the cost..the premium access to the forums will give you access to VERY well knowledged diy projector builders who have been doing this for a LONG time.. WELL WELL WELL worth the $20(oh and no i don’t work for lumenlab, I just an enlightened customer)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15369",
"author": "nomad705",
"timestamp": "2006-03-06T07:23:32",
"content": "It amazes me how some of you whine about 20 bucks for a premium forum. The information on lumenlab site is worth thousands. Look at the cost of just one school course in comparison. Those that gripe about stuff like that are the kind that if you give them free money they would fuss about not having somehting to carry it in.",
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"depth": 1,
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"comment_id": "15368",
"author": "Mikyd1954",
"timestamp": "2006-06-12T16:00:49",
"content": "hey, lumenlab is totally free now…..http://www.lumenlab.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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Xbox 360 First Impressions
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Eliot
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I feel the need to include a disclaimer before getting into this: I don’t own an original Xbox, I own a Playstation 2, I consider myself a casual gamer, I’m a fan of Open Source and not Microsoft.
I purchased this box on the first day because early versions of consoles are generally easier to modify. With the PSP ver. 1.0 it was easy to run homebrew code, but with each successive firmware version, Sony makes it harder. The original Xboxes that are being sold now make it almost impossible to run
Xbox Linux
because of a hardware change.
Before we get to my experiences, here are some links that you might find interesting.
Chipworks de-capps and photographs Xbox silicon
. Chipworks is a leading silicon reverse engineering company. [via
bunnie
, who still needs a 360]
Anandtech’s photo tour of the 360 internals,
one
and
two
batlogic’s
VGA cable pinout
and article on the
original Xbox’s security model
Free60.org
, the Xbox 360 Linux project
Crashes
This is the current hot topic (puns are always intended), so I’ll start with it. As you can see from the photo above, I have experienced problems with my 360. You can see more photos on the
Flickr Hack-A-Day photo pool
. While observing a race that
Joystiq
was in, I brought up the sidebar to play music from my iPod. This resulted in severe graphic glitches (the music wasn’t playing right either) and I had to reboot. Another time while playing PGR3 I brought up the sidebar and the system froze; I could still chat, but the system would not respond to any button presses, so I rebooted. I feel that both of these issues are Dashboard problems and not heat related. I’m guessing these problems will probably be cured in a future Dashboard upgrade. When you access Live for the first time the dashboard upgrades from ver. 2.0.1888.0 to 2.0.2241.0.
I haven’t experienced any problems that I would consider heat related. That being said: This console is extremely hot. Heat pours out of the back out the machine even when doing menial tasks like playing MP3s. If you place a hand across the right side of the box you can feel the suction from fans. This is the largest intake and because of that I think standing the box up on carpet would be a really bad idea. The feet are short enough that I wouldn’t feel good about standing it up on a hard surface either. The power supply has been blamed for most overheating problems. It has intake and exhaust ports that consist of two rows of holes in a 2×1/4 inch space. The power supply doesn’t get too hot; I’m sitting with my feet on top of it right now using it a foot warmer.
HiDef
From the top photo you can see I’ve got the 360 plugged into my
Dell 2405FP
using the included component cable. The component cable also has a composite video connection so you don’t need a different cable when connecting to an SDTV. Yes, 720p looks amazing and I’m glad that Microsoft has required support for it in all games. It looks a lot better than the jaggie 480p from my Playstation 2. The clarity of the HD is a little lost on me since I use this as my regular computer monitor which can support resolutions up to 1920×1200. I did buy this monitor specifically for the HD support and it should be able to handle 1080p, if the Playstation 3 manages to support it. It’s also nice being able to work while monitoring Live using the picture in picture.
Controller
Following the trend set by Nintendo, the Xbox’s OEM wireless controller is great. They added two shoulder buttons, but unlike the Playstation, placing four fingers on the shoulder buttons doesn’t feel natural. This is fine because the upper buttons are used for occasional tasks like switching view points; you spend most of your time with index fingers on the triggers. The light on top of the controller indicates which number 1-4 the controller is assigned to, a nice touch. It would be nice to see the possibility of more players supported on a single console though. The wired USB controllers can be used with Windows, but not the wireless controllers when connected with the “play &charge”. The obvious conclusion is that: the play & charge is just a power cable and doesn’t add any sort of USB functionality. I think the headset connector is identical to the original Xbox: 2.5mm jack like cellphone headsets, I also have a 2.5mm RCA cable from my digicam that would work. There are two slots next to the headphone jack that have two metal contacts each which aren’t used by the headset.
USB
One of the first things I did was plug every USB device I had into the Xbox to see how it behaved. My keyboard worked fine whenever there was an on-screen keyboard (It’s the keyboard from the
Playstation 2 Linux kit
). The system really hated the mouse; none of the other peripherals would work when it was plugged in. My video iPod came up almost immediately and was identified by its name “pwn3d by hackaday”. Plugging in the camera, card reader and flash drive all worked, but not at the same time. It also doesn’t like the card reader built into the monitor, but the flash drive and keyboard both work when connected through the monitor’s hub. My Prism2 based WiFi adapters were not recognized by the box.
Media
One of the main reasons I purchased the Xbox was its media streaming ability. Using the
Windows Media Connect
you can access music and photos stored on your Windows XP machine. The software will also stream video, but not to the Xbox 360 because Microsoft has decided to
cripple
it. This is an attempt to sell more Windows Media Center PCs since you can stream video using them. Media Connect uses the
UPnP AV
protocol to stream media, but the Xbox won’t recognize other UPnP servers like
uShare
. If it did, it would be easy to stream from a Mac or a Linux machine. The Xbox also doesn’t appear as a media renderer when using
Cidero
UPnP control Point software.
Here is a good overview of the media center features
. [via
Xbox360Fanboy
]
Playing music is easy enough. It was a lot more enjoyable navigating music stored on the iPod than on my roommate’s XP machine. The iPod is neatly organized while Media Connect scrapes every directory you give it, listing every random music file and playlist it comes across. The interface is pretty easy to use, but I have a couple complaints. Adding a song to a playlist takes at least three button pushes. When you click “add to playlist” it takes you to the playlist and then you have back up to get back to where you were before. They should dedicate one button on the controller for adding the song and not make you jump back and forth. Also, you can’t save playlists that include music not stored on the hard drive. The easiest way to manage playlists is building them on your PC or in iTunes for your iPod instead of using the Xbox interface. The Xbox does work really well if you want to play by album, artist, or genre though.
Live
I’ve enjoyed playing on Xbox live. Being able to jump easily into a game with friends is great. Delivering free demos to consoles is a wonderful idea: I’m much more likely to buy games I’ve already played just like buying DVDs of movies I’ve already seen. It would be nice to receive videos from videogame review sites too. The downloads from Live are extremely slow, they should really use a distributed system since they have a huge network of identical consoles. I wish Live had a way to organize friends into groups like I can on IM: coworkers, readers, random.
Money, money, money
This is what I hate the most about the new Xbox 360.
Sure, you can buy a Core bundle for $299, which isn’t anymore than the last version, but it doesn’t come with a hard drive. The hard drive is a $30 SATA drive, but since it is for the Xbox it costs $99.
The free Media Connect software is fully capable of streaming video, but you have to buy a Media Center PC to do it.
Media Connect is using the open UPnP AV protocol, but you can’t use other UPnP software to stream to the Xbox
Xbox Live costs extra – Didn’t I pay a huge entry fee by buying the console? Why do I have to pay a monthly fee just to use it?
Micropayments – Sure, these little bits of content aren’t worth much, but we are still going to make you pay for it.
The bottom line
Is the Xbox 360 worth buying? If you have prerequisites like an HDTV and a Media Center PC the Xbox 360’s support for these items will make it well worth your time. If you want to just use it as gaming system, it’s hard to justify the expense right now. Like most console launches, the titles aren’t that revolutionary. I think the best plan would be to wait till next year to make the purchase: the console will be cheaper, the selection of games will be broader, used games will be available, you’ll know the Playstation 3’s features, the Xbox 360 games will be making better use of the console’s power, Microsoft will have most of the bugs ironed out and you might be able to run Linux.
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"comment_id": "15057",
"author": "hunter",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T10:38:41",
"content": "xbox 360 sounds good but i acree it is very cripled and for no reson",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15056",
"author": "justin wong",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T11:21:37",
"content": "Microsoft has again taken a toll on gaming. I mean, whoever heard of a console CRASH? or overheat? or glitches!? okay, i lied, plenty of glitches. xbox 360 is just a half-developed system. Sure, it’s specs are great, but if you look at the entire thing, giant screens, new look, and fast processors won’t fix your mistakes of overheating, expensive, glitching, crashing, rebooting, dying, etc etc. Microsoft should have put in more time into a system than simply set a date to release it when the system wasn’t 100% complete. (yes I could have written this more professionally, no i will not)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15055",
"author": "mase",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T11:34:13",
"content": "i agree ps3 will own all xbox isnt even 100% reverse compatable as i have heard. ms fuxed up majorly im not going to waste my $$ on it. not untill xboxlinux goes 360 or it gets chipable",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15054",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T12:48:44",
"content": "hmm the xbox360 reminds me of another microsoft product with those problems (glitching, rebooting, crashing, dying, bugs).i’ll give you a hint, it rhymes with “shindows”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15053",
"author": "DrFreeze",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T13:32:07",
"content": "hi guys, long time reader, first time posteri have a question, coul someone test to see if a normal USB drive can be used as a memory unit?this would make the core system a slightly better deal (20 for 256 megs usb stick instead of 40 bucks for 64 meg)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15052",
"author": "Mattts",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T13:50:16",
"content": "As far as I know it only allows music and photos to be read from the USB storage devices. No moving of files too and from the device. The 64MB cards/extra 20GB HDs are expensive because they want people to buy the premium/full system rather than the core. The worst thing they did was not make the HD standard – it means that it might not be utilised by developers for caching and game addons because not all the users will have one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15051",
"author": "hohumlovegun",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T17:26:50",
"content": "What’s happened to the links? Have they been scratched now that everyone’s busy drooling over the 360?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15050",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T19:41:56",
"content": "Nice review :-)I went and checked them out in a future shop..they’re a lot smaller than the high-res pics make them look like.I’d be really worried about that air use for cooling, though. That much air must bring in fair amounts of dust, no matter how clean you keep your house. How easy would it be to add an attractive dust filter to the intake? People want to show off the system, so it would have to be acceptable..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15049",
"author": "dga",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T19:56:16",
"content": "heh i wonder if its just the premium packages that have this problem… i have the core system and upgraded it w/ the hard drive and wireless. no problems at all. i am not sure what the differences are in the console(s) but i have no problem at all with mine. either that or they relased alot & pulled a fast one like apple with the nano and these “glitches or hardware issues”.. lol noone realizes that there is so much advertising for free from news stations if there is a “problem” and all they say is to call them or go to the xbox website. alot more people are talking about it w/ the problems then the console itself..the only people that buy it right away are the obsessed ones, and later on the actual consumer where microsoft will make the money…think about it..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15048",
"author": "Mattts",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T20:56:56",
"content": "You don’t have problems? What a surprise. I’m sure most don’t – just the few who are making all the noise.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15047",
"author": "digitallysick",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T20:57:23",
"content": "so you cant stream audio from a linux or mac box?? windows only?? *cough cough monopoly* there has to be a way to make the xbox 360 think its coming from a windows box, how does it know the diff??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15046",
"author": "greg",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T21:00:17",
"content": "I have the premium and it’s been going pretty much non-stop since the launch with several of us using it. The console is upright and the power brick is on the carpeted floor. The headphone jack while like the original doesn’t have the old puck mute and volume and you must use the dashboard menu for this. Backward compatibility works fine but of course you can’t currently copy old game saves over.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15045",
"author": "Acemilo",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T21:33:57",
"content": "Why do ppl keep saying this is a half developed system when they seem to be ignoring the obvious: that sony is using the cell chip which is completely untested in any environment? For all we know, the ps3 will crash more and put out more heat. Sony is the king of bad launches, just look at ps2 with the lasers and the psp with the dead pixels and button issues. I have a feeling the ps3 release will be highly comical given sony’s past. Maybe we will even see a rootkit or two ;).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15044",
"author": "SpartanIV",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T23:02:06",
"content": "“Sure, you can buy a Core bundle for $299, which isn",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15043",
"author": "hfx392",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T23:25:54",
"content": "#11 yes, lets speculate about the ps3’s future shortcomings on an xbox360 impressions thread…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15042",
"author": "Orwell84",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T23:54:24",
"content": "One more reason for someone to build a Linux-based game console.PenguinPride!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15041",
"author": "midna",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T02:38:57",
"content": "Could I buy a core system and add my own hd or is the whole internal interface missing? An adapter will have to be made, but where’s the fun in plug-n-play? :)Along the same lines, could I add more system memory? Maybe by removing the 8 samsung chips and replacing them with a higher capacity set? Obviously much harder and more time consuming, but is it even possible?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15040",
"author": "Mortal_Elf",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T03:58:01",
"content": "Has anyone tried any other USB HID-compatible controllers? I have a Wingman that I’m curious about. . . Plus, adaptors are available for most old systems’ controllers to USB.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15039",
"author": "vince veneziani",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T06:13:25",
"content": "Damn. Better check up on the facts next time after saying that you need a media-center PC to use the streaming media functions:From the Microsoft website:http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/howto/media/xbox360/howto-media-pc.htm“Windows Media Connect:Windows Media Connect lets you connect your Xbox 360 console to a PC running Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15038",
"author": "tarnov",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T08:01:01",
"content": "17, the microsoft website jives with what eliot said, media connect allows picture and music streaming with xp, video streaming is only enabled with media center.how’s perfect dark, i loved “challenge mode” in the original and am wondering if that has carried over to perfect dark zero",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15037",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T08:19:23",
"content": "#15 – No, there is no use in upgrading the memory. While it is possible, there would be no performance difference seeing that games are designed with only 512mb of memory in mind. If (when) the xbox360 is hacked and an alternative OS is put on it, well then we’ll see if more memory would be good.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15036",
"author": "evilmrdoo",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T08:27:17",
"content": "Seriously, some time needs to be devoted to figure out what needs to be done to hook up a plain old hard drive to the xbox 360",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15034",
"author": "atxlonghorn",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T08:45:21",
"content": "12.It costs $100 to buy the hard drive by itself",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15035",
"author": "barry",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T09:05:00",
"content": "I would be willing to bet 99% of you who complain about Xbox360’s problems don’t even have one and have never played one; so why don’t you STFU!! because you have no idea what you are talking about. If you are a Microsoft hater then go buy yourself a PS3 when it comes out in in year or better yet; why don’t you make your own game console out of an old router, a few paperclips, and a toaster, run Linsux on it, sell it for $399 and launch it all over the world simultaneously and tell us how well it goes…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15033",
"author": "Aidan Downes",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T11:26:34",
"content": "It’s good to see that you offer some improvements for the system (given your anti-ms stance).Its easier to see that some of the crippling features were intended to give other microsoft products some of the xbox shine, which in my honest opinion, is a good business decision. I am pretty sure that alot of people who interested in the xbox are wondering now what the hell is microsoft media center edition.Microsoft still have the ability to create media connect like software for other platforms. Kinda like how ipod/itunes was mac only at first. However, in that case apple needed windows users for ipod to be successful. Don’t think the xbox has such a dependence on apple and linux users.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15032",
"author": "monmin",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T12:27:58",
"content": "I think the need for media center pc to stream video will not be a big issue in the last years of the 360 life span.The reason: The majority of home desktop pc’s being sold today are media center edition. Further, Vista (launching next year) will include media center in the common home bound sku.I assume in the next 2 or 3 years media center will not be a rare thing among PC owners.I think MS chose to require media center for two reasons:1. Help speed the migration of current windows users to media center edition and/or Vista when it ships.2. Media center provides functionality that you can’t get with just media connect. Tivo like UI, plugin’s for various tasks and so on.Sure, software could be written to duplicate the features of media center, but that would be duplication of efforts. Sure, 3rd parties already offer free media center software, but of course MS is not going to build extender software into the 360 for Myth TV or anything other than their own media center (and I wouldn’t expect them to).You have to admit, in 4 years from now when the 360 core system is selling for $150 and it can extend your media center to another room of the house – it’s a very intriguing solution even if the 360 is not hacked.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15031",
"author": "monmin",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T12:31:53",
"content": "btw – thanks much for your impressions of the 360. It is very interesting and informative.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15030",
"author": "Jon",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T14:45:03",
"content": "I love the ability to download movie & game previews & game demos. Game demos average about 500mb each. But I found that the downloads are very fast. Unlike fileplanet, they begin immediately.Xbox Live Arcade games are very cool…at least most of them are. Definately try Geometry wars…very cool…very tripy.Using Windows XP and Media functionality amazingly just works! It’s very fast and very easy to use. Photo slideshows are very cool. You can play music from your computer while doing a slide show.Controller is amazing…Xbox Live improvements are outstanding.I hope all attempts to hack Xbox fail. You hackers are what ruined Halo 2 on Xbox Live. Hacked boxes increase vulnerabilities to Online gaming. I’m paying $60 a year to not have to deal with the bull crap you hackers cause to an otherwise fun online experience.I beg to differ that Xbox 360 is locked down. Are you kidding me. The 360 has more capability than any console in history. You guys got to give it up, in 4 years MS has changed the face of console gaming as we know it. Progress is welcome…makes you think…maybe MS is successful because maybe some of their products are innovative and meeting and exceeding consumer expectations.Other than a weird glitch while playing Halo 2 on live and a lockup in Perfect Dark once, the 360 has been running many hours just fine.Battery life on controllers is great, even though it’s been rumbling like crazy during Call of Duty 2.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15025",
"author": "Ak47m15",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T15:09:19",
"content": "yeah it rumbles like hell…………but the graphics suck like hell to. its almost like the prvious xbox. i guess i just waisted 300 bucks on xbox1.5",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15026",
"author": "Kyung",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T15:29:50",
"content": "can you connect the XBOX 360 to a monitor using a DVI cable?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15027",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T16:03:17",
"content": "#26 – When we refer to hacking the xbox, its not to get cheats to work on it. Its to utilise the hardware to its greatest potential. I, for one would love to see the xbox360 hacked. It would be a $400 (or 300 if you could get the core system to run with a hdd) great gaming and multimedia PC. The people who worked on breaking the first xbox are the great engineers of our time, and hopefully will move on to greater projects One last thought…” I’m paying $60 a year to not have to deal with the bull crap you hackers cause to an otherwise fun online experience.” Think of the people who pay $120+ for games like world of warcraft and still have to deal with cheaters. It sucks but people will find a way to cheat, which is not the fault of people who like to hack hardware.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15028",
"author": "Benjamin",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T18:34:32",
"content": "“Xbox Live costs extra – Didn",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15029",
"author": "Jon",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T18:42:50",
"content": "It’s arguable whether or not it’s not your fault but you surely can’t argue that several forms of cheating through mods are a clear side effect of modding consoles.Funny thing is, for the same reasons you claim “to utilise the hardware to its greatest potential” are the same reasons why I don’t want hackers / modders to be successful. When others mod their boxes and eventually game files and maps, it keeps my 360 from running at it’s full potential cause I have to deal with all the crap.Don’t fool yourselves into thinking you are doing anyone a service. To all you hackers and modders, your work has a huge part in ruinning the gaming experience of thousands and thousands of people. And for that you want someone to pat you on the back and salute you…???!!!! I for one never will. May MS work their damdest to protect my investment in their product by making it as difficult as possible to hack / mod their system, online service and all games that run on their system.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15024",
"author": "Jon",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T18:44:17",
"content": "It’s arguable whether or not it’s not your fault but you surely can’t argue that several forms of cheating through mods are a clear side effect of modding consoles.Funny thing is, for the same reasons you claim “to utilise the hardware to its greatest potential” are the same reasons why I don’t want hackers / modders to be successful. When others mod their boxes and eventually game files and maps, it keeps my 360 from running at it’s full potential cause I have to deal with all the crap.Don’t fool yourselves into thinking you are doing anyone a service. To all you hackers and modders, your work has a huge part in ruinning the gaming experience of thousands and thousands of people. And for that you want someone to pat you on the back and salute you…???!!!! I for one never will. May MS work their damdest to protect my investment in their product by making it as difficult as possible to hack / mod their system, online service and all games that run on their system.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15023",
"author": "bosco",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T20:58:14",
"content": "if you’re so against hacking, modding, etc. what the hell are you doing on this site anyway?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15022",
"author": "Emory",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T21:11:48",
"content": "Hacking consoles -is- a great service… thanks to xbox-scene and XBMC I’m always streaming media to my $150 XBox… and as for unlocking hardware’s potential, my copy of Dragon Quest 8 plays much nicer without loadtimes thanks to the fact that some determined hackers figured out how to run PS2 games from the harddrive.I can’t imagine how upset I’d be if I purchased a XB360 for upwards of $300 and realized it doesn’t have the media functionality of a first generation XBox.As for hackers enabling cheaters, I was pretty sure consoles with mods enabled were banned from live?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15021",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T22:04:57",
"content": "According to this, you can not get on live with a modded xbox.http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/xlive.phpThe OP is mistaken about cheats in xbox live. The cheats that I know are possible are caused by glitching in game (alot for halo 2, that I know of). I don’t understand how “When others mod their boxes and eventually game files and maps, it keeps my 360 from running at it’s full potential cause I have to deal with all the crap” statement. Those who modded their hardware cannot play online and if they do select any live enabled tabs, they will be banned. Its simple science, if your EEPROM checksum doesn’t match your original in the database, you’re pretty much fucked.I don’t think we (a hacking community as a whole) are fooling ourselves into anything. As with any new technology, there are both dark and light sides to it. Lots of great medical research comes out of the development of chemical/biological/nuclear weaponry but the fruits of the research could be the devistation of mankind. That works backwords too, good discoveries can sometimes turn into a very bad thing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15020",
"author": "rexdart",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T22:20:33",
"content": "“so you cant stream audio from a linux or mac box?? windows only?? *cough cough monopoly*”So you can’t buy Dr Pepper from the coca cola company? *cough cough tard*",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15019",
"author": "laserdog",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T23:28:02",
"content": "I’ve hacked around half a dozen normal xboxes for friends and family.Zero of these xboes can use Xbox Live in their hacked state. With a flip of a switch and a reboot they act 100% like normal xboxes. But that’s because they *are* normal xboxes, unhacked.The person insisting that I can’t modify the thing I own is the one trying to take rights away from other people, not vice-versa.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15018",
"author": "Jon",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T23:58:23",
"content": "#35 you need to read bungies weekly reports for the last few months. There has been continual problems with map modding and recently some crazy crap has been happening that never happened before on Halo 2. Yes Halo 2 had a few bugs which mostly were fixed with their updates, but none of the issues I’m talking about are attributed to bugs. The problems I’m talking about arrived only shortly after the release of the new maps. Once people used the maps as a delivery system for mods everything went all to hell real quick.And yes…thanks to the modding community, some smart ass figured out a way to add a switch to an Xbox. Toggle one way and you can disable the mod as to where you will be able to access Xbox Live just fine. This has been well known for some time now.So YES…modded Xboxes can get on Xbox Live.Anyone that’s played Halo 2 allot over the months knows what I’m talking about.Bungie has aknowledged these problems on their weekly updates for months now.#34 You seem to be missing the fact that the 360 is enourmously more capable than the original Xbox in terms of media center functionality. I don’t know how you hypothesize that it is not.The bottom line is…modding is bad for gamers. Great for tinkerers, great for do it yourself techno freaks (of which I am one), but bad for gamers. I am a gamer and so I protest.And by the way I’m on this site cause I followed a link here.I absolutely respect the modding community and the many cool things that come out of it, but just wanted to voice the bad as well.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15017",
"author": "Hodge",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T00:49:29",
"content": "Thanks for adding me to your friends list :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15016",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T01:01:33",
"content": "http://www.bungie.net/Games/Halo2/page.aspx?section=FAQInfo&subsection=cheat&page=cheatSeems pretty clear to me. I totally agree with you on people who hack ingame. Ruins the whole experience. Its the reason i stopped playing Counter-Strike.Most of the hacks (for halo 2 at least) are software based. While those are only uploaded and allowed because of modchips, its not the modchip maker’s or the people who figured out how to break the xbox security’s fault. It’s a double edged blade. Just like P2P software. It can be used for legal purposes (like distributing F/OSS) or for illegal (for all that pr0n on your friend’s hard disks).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15015",
"author": "DrinkH2So4",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T01:21:53",
"content": "I had heard that the keyboard and mouse would be functional for use with fps. Do you know if there is a possible way to do this or if there will be in the near future?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15014",
"author": "Tiak",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T01:34:38",
"content": "Well, first off, to #30, you do, in fact, need a gold subscription to play games online, a silver membership is basicly only god for chatting and leader boards. That said, I think people are making a bit too big of a deal out of the few glitches, it’s new hardware and it’s not that uncommon for a gaminc system launch to have a few glitches. Sony and Nintendo launch their systems in Japan first largely for that reason (and the fact that Japanese gamers are likely to be more forgiving to them.) I did have my powersupply overheat once, after the box had been on a good 8 hours. But that was easily enough remedied by leaving the power supply dangling off my entertainment center.And the media center thing is kind of cheap, but hey, I’ll eventually find a way to pirate Media Center Edition and be able to stream IPTV to my TV constantly, so it’s all good.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15013",
"author": "kyelewis",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T01:45:46",
"content": "#37: Sure, many Xboxes have switches to turn mods on and off- the thing is, if you toggle to disable the mod and access Xbox Live, you’re _removing the mod’s functionality_, hence accessing Xbox Live effectively unmodified.#11: That’s Sony BMG, not Sony :)Agreed with #30, an Xbox Live Silver memership is free with every Xbox, without a monthly fee. It’s an Xbox Live Gold membership that you have to pay for- and imho it’s pretty nice recieving the downloads, movie trails and other stuff as a free value added service.And for those of you who want to get the media connect functionality working on linux or mac or whatever other alternative OS and platform, perhaps someone should start looking at the protocol and seeing just where it differs from the open protocol it’s supposedly based on :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15012",
"author": "magnavoid",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T01:52:03",
"content": "I believe that all Microsoft products usually sound great to begin with, but soon to find out there are errors and bugs here and there. This problem with the cooling system happened on the original X Box as well if any of you can remember. Soon people will figure out a way to boot some form of Linux. And mod chips will be produced. So don’t worry. As it currently stands Microsoft looses about $100 for every system they sell. where they make the real money, is the games. As most of them start at $60.00. I rather keep my old X Box then go out and dump my money into a game system that has issues.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15011",
"author": "Justin",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T07:59:18",
"content": "I dunno man, I’m kinda loving my 360 – and I live a 100% Microsoft-free life. I just got a 51″ HDTV and man, it pretty much pwn3s. (rear-projection CRT, but it’s a Hitachi unit. I have to turn into a fanboy on this – I had my doubts, but it looks better than every mid-range plasmas and a good number of higher-end ones. check it out and see for yourself! just tune it with Avia to avoid the burn-in)Granted, the launch lineup isn’t that hot – then again the last decent launch lineup was N64. But playing CoD2 and NfS:MW (aka Acronym City) in 720p on 51″ is just ridiculously fun. The detail level is fantastic, and is only going to get better with the next batches of games. Live is simple to use. The hardware setup is simple. The wireless controllers are near-perfect (I think they could stand to be a BIT bigger, and the triggers could definitely have wider range)Overall I’m really happy with the purchase. The games are basically just prettier versions of current-gen stuff, but if you have the visual hardware (read: HD) to get the most out of it, I’d say you wont be disappointed…Also, Perfect Dark Zero sucks. Single-player, at least. I had high hopes. Totally bites. Zero story, Zero good voices, Zero decent action, Zero pacing, Zero clues as to your objectives… bleh.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15010",
"author": "carlos",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T10:31:47",
"content": "hey, let’s look on the bright side, maybe windows will come out with a service pack for the 360, we all know service packs always fix everything, right?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15009",
"author": "xxdesmus",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T21:08:42",
"content": "“Microsoft has again taken a toll on gaming. I mean, whoever heard of a console CRASH?”God I hope you aren’t serious. Ever heard of this thing called Nintendo? or Sega? These things used to crash like it was there job also. It’s practically a given that you had to do the “blow very hard a few times on the game, and then into the system” before a game would even load. Go be an anti-MS fan boy some where else.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15008",
"author": "Turnip_Monster",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T22:27:13",
"content": "My TFT native res is 1280 * 1024, its a nice screen but when I use a res less than this you can tell its being stretched. Won’t the same thing happen with the 360, especially with a res of 1920×1200?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2005/11/26/cooking-with-processors/
|
Cooking With Processors
|
Eliot
|
[
"computer hacks"
] |
[] |
While contemplating how to turn my new heat pumping Xbox into a foot cozy, I remembered some links that [h-tech] had sent in.
The first is
cooking an egg on a processor
in a functional PC. The proc in question is an AMD Athlon XP1500+. The tray is supported by a stack of 1p and 2p sterling coins. After approx. 4 minutes of warm up it took 11 minutes to cook the egg.
The second is a
hotplate constructed from 7 Cyrix chips
. The chips are wired in parallel to an AT power supply. A piece of cookie sheet is attached to the surface with thermal paste and the power supply is enhanced with
| 30
| 30
|
[
{
"comment_id": "14953",
"author": "flaunt_dzx",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T19:03:46",
"content": "EZ-Bake 360!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14954",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T19:49:13",
"content": "woha! Didn’t expect this at all!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14951",
"author": "CYRIX",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T19:52:13",
"content": "haha all we need is a server room full of these, or you could say KITCHEN room, haha.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14952",
"author": "K-3d",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T20:00:07",
"content": "Brown Sauce.. why did the guy shit on his egg at the end??",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14950",
"author": "Rob",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T20:10:02",
"content": "Hmm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14949",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T21:21:54",
"content": "dont forget the still heated by cpu",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14948",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T22:10:51",
"content": "Reminds me of the guy that tried cooking bacon and eggs with a couple of powerbooks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14947",
"author": "joel",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T22:12:21",
"content": "You guys know that the Cyrix page is BS, right? It’s a joke. Didn’t happen. He’s using a 5v linear regulator to supply power to the chips. That part has a maximum output of 1 amp at 5 volts. So that means a maximum dissipation of…. get this… 5 watts! Tada! Not going to cook anything, I’m sorry.And that’s a best case scenerio. In the real world, since there’s so many processors connected in parallel probably less than one watt would be dissipated in ALL of the Cyrix processors combined. But an astounding 12 watts would be dissipated in the linear regular itself, which would get scortching hot in a matter of seconds.I posted a message on the Rabidhardware forums a long time ago about this not being true and Doc (the author) confirmed it. He said it was simply a joke, which is why the article was posted under “Humor.” So no, it did not also successfully cook eggs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14946",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T22:46:38",
"content": "Haha, using an XP 1500? Use a XP 2400 OC’d. Mine got to 60 degrees with a good heatsink and fan running. So, let’s dissipate that 80-watt thing’s heat into some hot dogs!But seriously, I could make a case mod for it. And I will. Someday.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14945",
"author": "niteskunk",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T01:40:30",
"content": "Awesome idea, even more awesome that it worked. I’m hungry for eggs now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14944",
"author": "bugloaf",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T02:08:28",
"content": "Assuming the circuit could provide enough power, to get the maximum heat from those Cyrix chips, they should be computing at full capacity. If I remember my EE classes correctly, most transistors used in logic circuits today only draw current when they’re switching, so if the chips aren’t doing anything, not much power is going to be dissapated.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14943",
"author": "Rob",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T02:16:49",
"content": "Wow. This is a really old story (the one with eggs and brown sauce). Not a bad one, but I read this something like 3 years ago. Pretty funny, when you realize the fact that processors give off more heat per square inch than a nuclear reactor.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14942",
"author": "yOU DONT KNOW ME ANYWAY",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T05:27:02",
"content": "You would probbaly get cancer or something if your using electricity to actually cook the things, maybe if there is no electronic current passed through the actual egg… but I wouldnt trust it anyway..Currently the laptop i’m on is running at 60 deg celcius, I could probbaly cook an egg under this biatch (And yes, i know its definately too hot for operation, long story)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14941",
"author": "F",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T06:08:58",
"content": "Hahaha! That’s a good one [rob]! Processors give off more heat than a nuclear reaction! If it was true, then we wouldn’t have nuclear stations, but processors stations to make electricity! That’s a really funny one!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14940",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T06:26:30",
"content": "And mac cooking!http://w3irdguy7.blogspot.com/2005/07/solar-heater-not-just-solar.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14938",
"author": "snoozer",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T07:09:00",
"content": "MS could repackage the thing as the “EggsBox” and market it using informercials like George Foreman’s grill.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14939",
"author": "nach0s",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T07:41:21",
"content": "wow f, you’re a complete idiot. How did you manage to type that message with a straight jacket on?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14937",
"author": "'Liam",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T08:51:24",
"content": "wasnt there a hackaday thing about a still that someone made a while back? that would be cool. rum 360.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14936",
"author": "Masterwhey",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T08:55:26",
"content": "Does the xbox run hot enough to cook eggs? I have no idea, but it sure is funny to joke about:http://www.officialwdc.com/comic.php?id=72",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14934",
"author": "Adelmo",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T11:16:26",
"content": "How does the cellphone one work, microwaves? And is the radio to make the phones feedback on each other, or for atmosphere?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14935",
"author": "Confused fishcake",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T21:41:31",
"content": "That mobile phone egg thing doesn’t work, I tried with three phones for one egg for an hour. Admittedly they were only phoning the 02 top-up line, but they are still transmitting.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14933",
"author": "Skeptical",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T08:20:35",
"content": "I tried the cellphone egg cooking method with 4 phones at varying heights for about 20 minutes with no success. Is this a joke? Am I missing something?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14932",
"author": "fakeeggs",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T18:27:58",
"content": "yeah… the cellphone egg thing is fake. In fact, I just watched an episode of Brainiac the other day where they tried it with 100 cell phones, and the egg was still completely raw after several minutes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14931",
"author": "Igor",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T21:01:37",
"content": "like this experiment at wth in cooking with … err… p2p hardware:http://blog.doomicile.de/?p=50",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14930",
"author": "the new Management",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T23:28:56",
"content": "I wrote the mobile cooking page in 2000 and it is pretty obviously a spoof, especially if you read it in the context of the surrounding pages. It’s in the weekend colour section of the spoof Wymsey Chronicle, the newspaper that serves the imaginery village of Wymsey.What’s strange is that the page was written 5 years ago but has had about 200,000 hits this year!Anyway, we had 2000 hits from you guys yesterday!Charlie :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14928",
"author": "Nezuji",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T09:55:44",
"content": "Even if the mobile phone gag worked, anyone who’s ever microwaved an egg can tell you why it’s a bad idea. And no, it doesn’t matter if you poke a hole in the bottom first.freshly-microwaved egg + cold metal spoon = an astounding number of tiny, red-hot egg particles on every exposed surface.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14929",
"author": "Charlie",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T23:06:42",
"content": "With regard to that last comment, how is the bottom of an egg determined?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14926",
"author": "Bob Predaina",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T12:21:16",
"content": "thanks for your link to The Jackass! Project in your December 7 hack-a-day. :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14927",
"author": "madis",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T02:26:58",
"content": "I have harvested allready 100 ceramic Pentium CPU’s for my bathroom floor and will try to get 4-6 times more. I also consider making them to heat the floor. This cyrix-joke-site was missing a very important thing – CMOS chips dont’t disspate much heat in static regime i.e. without clock. Actually I’m not sure that clock only is enough. Maybe some pseudo random signals to data control lines would be good? OK, I’ll study some datasheets first…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14925",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T01:16:56",
"content": "Over at Wontonway, we put an egg in a microwave (in the name of science, of course). The video is over athttp://www.wontonway.comin the Microwave section",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2005/11/25/gamecube-linux/
|
GameCube Linux
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[] |
I know this week belongs to the Xbox 360, but sometimes you need a break from all of the hype. Once the
Xbox Linux
team got a mature system established they decided to move on to
GameCube Linux
. They’ve made a lot of progress:
The GameCube Linux kernel has working drivers for PAL and NTSC framebuffers, the Broadband Adapter (network card), audio, ARAM, Real Time Clock, gamepad, keyboard, DVD, MMC/SD cards (through the SD card adapter) and reset button. It has also preliminary support for memory cards.
Just last month they released instructions on how to
build your own bootable disc
.
[thanks h-tech]
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[
{
"comment_id": "14923",
"author": "matt pist",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T19:55:02",
"content": "first post? :Pthis looks kinda cool. maybe people will make something more useful out of the gamecube now…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14922",
"author": "Morder",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T19:58:42",
"content": "Thank you, I for one am sick and tired of anything xbox360 related. Cool story btw, i’ll have to try this",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14921",
"author": "joe",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T20:48:26",
"content": "a 99 dollar computer, what beats that! no, the xbox 360 doesn’t beat that, youre wrong.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14919",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T22:14:47",
"content": "Cool Commodore monitor!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14920",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T01:00:52",
"content": "Woah! I wonder if you could do a MythFrontend on a GC. They have started a project for the Xbox so if this thing could yank it that would be a rather nice frontend. It wouldn’t cost much either.I cant seem to find any info on the system requirements but if they can do mplayer why not MythTV.Hey just a practical use of a game cube when you are bored out of your mind and droped the money for a network card.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14918",
"author": "CYRIX",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T02:11:34",
"content": "Every system has so sort of linux port how does everyone not know this already…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14917",
"author": "weirdguy0101",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T02:34:58",
"content": "what happened to the cooking post?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14916",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T02:43:12",
"content": "That was a scheduling error. Try to act surprised when you see it tomorrow.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14915",
"author": "markie",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T03:41:47",
"content": ">Cool Commodore monitor!haha, I noticed the commodore 1081-monitor too :-) …and if I’m not mistaking, a similar(the same?) monitor also was on the first Xbox linux pics I saw (long time ago, but I can’t seem to find them anywhere online now). It still is a fine monitor for showing a composite videosignal (I got one right here and if it breaks I’m gonna fetch yet another Amiga500+1081 combo for $5 somewhere ;-))",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14914",
"author": "chase",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T05:39:46",
"content": "Is there a mini dvd+-r format available for sale or do you have to modify the case to allow for a full size dvd?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14913",
"author": "bedouin",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T06:11:57",
"content": "All the Commodore monitors seemed to have disappeared from local thrift shops, and I couldn’t seem to find one using Craigslist. I bought one recently off eBay after my trusty 1702 died, but ended up throwing it in the trash after a few weeks and buying an ordinary TV. All of those Commodore monitors are reaching an age where it’s difficult to find one that doesn’t have a handful of issues.I still would rather have the C= monitor, though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14912",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T17:26:19",
"content": "Now if they could only get a PS2 to boot linux without modding…I mean, it ran Linux natively (if you had the $200 for the no-longer-unavailable kit)…GameShark Media Player (BroadQ media player) loads it’s application from the network. I’ve often wondered if that could be abused somehow.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14911",
"author": "AndrewNeo",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T03:29:09",
"content": "I’ve used GCLinux for myself, bought all the stuff I needed for it. It’s pretty cool, though I had a hard time getting mplayer working, I could get sound, but however I did it I couldn’t get it to play the video (wouldn’t decode)It was interesting, it’s like having a low-power server or something that you can SSH into. I loved playing a SNES emulator using the GC joysticks.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14910",
"author": "miscblogger",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T08:23:34",
"content": "this is so cool! what’s next? the play station? i heard that it is extreamly difficult to do that (if not impossible)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14909",
"author": "Gilbert J. Garcia",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T00:48:42",
"content": "I need help getting this to work. I’m still a linux noob. but it the web site had “A ready-to-use sample bootable mfe-distro disc image (547MB) is available for you to test.” thing I burned a copy to a dvd-r I have a network adapter and a computer that can run either slax or Austrumi and a whole lot of cat 5 cable. Where do I go from here? please help me!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14908",
"author": "Gilbert J. Garcia",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T01:03:34",
"content": "oh i realise now that i need an action replay disk and someother things. I was wondering if I could use this thinghttp://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=52&products_id=2359instead of having to use a sd card adapter. Does anyone know if it will work? it would be cheaper than having to buy an adapter and a sd card. any advice?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14924",
"author": "commodore junkie",
"timestamp": "2007-10-28T05:01:37",
"content": "TRY THIS: Create a port of old linux(if any of you know this was originally GEOS from berkley softworks), which is partially running on a C=64 with the 6510 processor, vicII video, and 64k memory, LOL",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,950.732529
|
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https://hackaday.com/2005/11/24/total-christmas-light-control/
|
Total Christmas Light Control
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Now that Thanksgiving is in full swing, I think I can safely mention Christmas without receiving the beat down. In this project, Christmas is just an excuse to build a parallel port connected
control box capable of switching 320 individual circuits
. The interface is constructed out of two types of chips: the 138 decoder and the 374 flip-flop. Each flip-flop is attached to an individual serial port that is connected to an 8 outlet switch box. Along with this system the site features lots of other home built and modified controls.
[thanks
yo_tyler
]
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[
{
"comment_id": "14906",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T19:14:07",
"content": "reminds me of this [http://metacafe.com/watch/45390/wizards_of_winter/] ridiculously fun movie clip.direct link:http://content-mixed.metacafe.com/tmp670073258530.708/%5BFrom%20www.metacafe.com%5D%2045390.153903.3.wmv",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14907",
"author": "Grendelt",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T19:50:21",
"content": "I swear, if I see that friggin video clip one more time, I’m going to scream.I know there are other clips from years past that are floating around – that’s why I keep clicking on “zOMG check out this aewsomep video clip of xmas lites!!1 hurr hurr” – just hoping it’s a different link.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14904",
"author": "Tns",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T23:34:47",
"content": "I’m so happy that you guys have started using those damn javascript ads that cover up your content… seriously, why are they a good thing?? *they cover up your content* Ugh, they are more annoying than those X10 popups ever were. I hope they don’t get too common here, because I would be unhappy if I had to limit my visits here to once or twice a month.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14905",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T00:54:43",
"content": "I hate the Java ads that were set-up crappy and tweak all ofver the place.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14903",
"author": "jeanphe",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T01:41:22",
"content": "humm.. nice hack, i’m all for circuits like this one that use simple, off the shelf ICs like the 138 and 374. it must have been a bitch to solder.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14901",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T03:13:16",
"content": "All of our ads are served by networks like tribalfusion. I saw the ad you are talking about this morning and reported it. It still takes a while but at least we can eventually ban those ads. We never display nuisance ads intentionally.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14902",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T06:16:32",
"content": "Remember the Hoax of the Webcam lights last year. You might be able to do something like that for real with this.Ads? What Ads? You mean you arn’t using Adblock Plus and Firefox. Please. Taking the adds out of Hackaday is the easiest hack out there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14899",
"author": "prozack",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T08:49:18",
"content": "bring back the links",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14900",
"author": "//.fade",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T21:22:33",
"content": "i want links too. :(",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14898",
"author": "jared harley",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T19:26:39",
"content": "“8. Posted Nov 25, 2005, 12:49 AM ET by prozackbring back the links9. Posted Nov 25, 2005, 1:22 PM ET by //.fadei want links too. :(”Did you not see the previous post???http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000627069466It’s called hack-a-day extra and has more links than the links posts used to.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14897",
"author": "ProzacGod",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T19:24:50",
"content": "Hey this great, I was looking for this site about a week ago, today I jump on hackaday and bam! there it is. But, what they haven’t told you is hackaday is starting to recieve hacks through telepathyGo hackaday! (dawns tinfoil hat)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
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https://hackaday.com/2005/11/23/hack-a-day-extra-9/
|
Hack-A-Day Extra
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
Yes, I was able to get an Xbox 360 on launch day. No, it wasn’t actually hard for me to get one either so I’ll spare you my story. I’ll probably sell it for a Playstation 3 when that is released, but I felt it was necessary to buy one on the first day since I’ve been missing out on all of the PSP homebrew fun. I’ll be doing a separate Xbox 360 post (with crash pictures), but if you’ve got specific questions you’d like me to answer put them in the comments.
Put your gamertag here too.
The Folding@HOME team is still plowing ahead. They recently
completed 4 million points
and will become a top 100 team in less than a week.
Find out more at the team forum
. If you are going to be back at your parents’ house for Thanksgiving, don’t forget to
start their machine folding
.
We’ve moved from #96 to #86 on the
Feedster Top 500
I don’t know why everyone is getting excited about MacDevCenter figuring out
how to use a generic AV cable with an
iPod video
. Hack-A-Day reader [Mark Question] figured out how to
use an iBook cable
and I mentioned how to
use a generic
cable
weeks ago.
Bruce Schneier wonders why antivirus companies have been so
slow in response to the Sony DRM rootkit
. I find it
especially odd since they responded quickly to the
PSP
downgrader
which doesn’t even affect PCs. The Microsoft Anti-Malware Engineering Team added the
rootkit signatures to Microsoft
AntiSpyware last Thursday
.
Ladyada
has started selling
SpokePOV kits
.
Second Amendment
launched a pumpkin 4331.72 feet at this year’s
Punkin Chunkin World Championship
[via
WMMNA
]
Also from WMMNA: Old photo of treadle powered
bicycle rollerskates
and
Sony QRIOs dancing to Beck’s
Hell Yes
.
They’ve been seen dancing before, but this is to music you’ve heard of.
[grayskies] was concerned about
Digg ripping off stories from
us
. It doesn’t bother me if you
link to the
daily story
since you saw the link here first. Digg is a great source of traffic (and hopefully new readers), but
if you’re taking the link and using our text for the description,
gamer31
, that’s wrong.
[
Bill Meara
] and a couple other HAMs have started the
Soldersmoke podcast
to talk about their homebrew radio projects.
[sparr] says that KB Toys will have a
JuiceBox bundle for $25
on Black
Friday. It includes the MP3 player, which you will need to
run Linux
or
other projects
.
[Wildoman]’s
PSP speaker mod
Was the power horn
really needed?
[mike] is hoping to do
homebrew galvanic vestibular
stimulation
and is collecting links on his site. GVS is used to
remotely control humans
.
[Walter Schreppers]’s
MythTV LCD display
We covered
how-to resurrect a hard drive
, but you
should check out [Barry]’s videos if you want to
really
destroy a drive
.
[Ben Jackson] built a
PCI interface for a Xilinx CPLD
[Nick Lott]’s
AVR Butterfly based MP3 player
[
Jason
] Has written a series of articles on
integrating Google Maps into web services
.
[
Clay
]’s
corrugated ghetto blaster
was built for mixed
media sculpture class. It contains a Discman, some cheap speakers and an auxiliary input jack; the buttons are
functional.
[Jeffery Alan] has a good method for
mounting a Christmas
tree securely
.
[
ad
] has a quick list for
how to keep
your pages from getting axed by content filters
. He forgot “Don’t put the word ‘hack’ in your URL”. I’m sure a lot
of people that read my resume can’t reach Hack-A-Day.
[Andrew] has extensive notes on
Perl, SQL, and Web Publishing
Security
.
[h-tech] sent in links for connecting
Gamecube
,
Playstation
,
N64
,
SNES
, and
Genesis
controllers to your PC.
[Andrew]’s
review of Microsoft BOB
for those of
you who never encountered the fabled resource gobbling beast in person.
[Clinton Mann] builds a
picture frame from a hard
drive
.
[
Steve
] sent in an interesting site on
breaking CAPTCHAs
. Here is their
OCR research blog
.
[Isaac Huang] pointed out a utility for finding out
what’s eating up your
iPod disk space
. Excluding videos I think KMFDM is taking up the largest chunk on mine.
Bug-A-Day
Seems like bug every 5 seconds to me. [Gert]
An overkill method for
keeping your router from
overheating
[steve]
Javier Sanchez Merina’s transformable four-seat sculpture
.
[
edgar
] says the BMW seats were cheap at the junkyard because of limited
demand.
[brady]’s
homemade flamethrower
uses argon to pressurize
the fuel supply.
[Brent Riley] put a
full sized desktop in his Neon
.
Controlling lights using .NET
It’s
on MSDN, but it’s nice to know they consider us an
essential link
. [Mike]
[Sam Krupa] has a guide for installing
Linux on the iPod
Nano
.
Keyboard + skateboard = [DarkJimmy]’s
Skeytboard
The
Soft Robot
uses a deformable body
to move [xev]
Using sound for an
archery chronograph
[Liam]
[Nick] stuffed his
broken clamshell into an Altoid’s
tin
. Freeweb’s ads won’t let me cache the page; goodbye bandwidth.
[krome]’s
wide angle sector
antenna
Links are always appreciated
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{
"comment_id": "14896",
"author": "hermit",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T10:46:01",
"content": "Jesus, I’d say “extra.” This is the biggest list I have seen yet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14895",
"author": "ad",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T11:01:23",
"content": "hey, hackaday runs on my filtered nework!.i’ll add the ‘hack’ tip l8er",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14893",
"author": "Willb3rg_with_a_captial_w_damnit",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T11:01:36",
"content": "Hack-a-day owns",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14894",
"author": "Charlie",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T11:08:01",
"content": "That cellphone altoids thing is pretty cool, I didn’t know inactive phones could dial 911.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14892",
"author": "Mark question",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T11:59:04",
"content": "“I don",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14891",
"author": "Crash2108",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T12:34:07",
"content": "The screensavers used hack-a-day’s things regularly.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14890",
"author": "Jesse_vd",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T12:55:37",
"content": "yes but people like me wouldnt have been checking hack-a-day since day one if it wasnt for kevin rose and the old TSS",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14888",
"author": "Thomas",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T16:52:18",
"content": "So how are the games for the 360. I have been unabel to purchase one due to no money for a while.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14889",
"author": "Thomas",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T16:53:45",
"content": "So how are the games for the 360. I have been unabel to purchase one due to no money for a while.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14887",
"author": "Nick",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T18:03:57",
"content": "i am getting a new host for my cellphone in an altoid can and it will be up soon!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14886",
"author": "jandirk",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T18:55:30",
"content": "Seems that prices for the new Xbox 360 are outragious when selling it on eBay. I have seen prices far more then us$ 800.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14884",
"author": "f u",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T19:31:18",
"content": "http://www.dbg2950.blogspot.comcheck out the president bush picture",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14885",
"author": "WaferMouse",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T19:42:32",
"content": "Can the 360 be used with original XB controllers with the traditional re-wire?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14882",
"author": "memodude",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T21:47:16",
"content": "What happened to lower-case only?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14883",
"author": "jwstolk",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T01:04:06",
"content": "does that mean i have to properly use ‘I’s again ?(even the google/gmail spell checker doesn’t not think it’s necessary :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14881",
"author": "Popher",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T01:39:41",
"content": "http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4466688.stmNot the only one to experience Xbox360 crashes…No BSOD?Shame..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14880",
"author": "KevinS",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T08:59:35",
"content": "do you think its worth buying an xbox 360 for a casual gamer? i dont play games much, but it couldn’t hurt to have another dvd player and one of my computers is a media center one, so is it worth the 400 some odd dollars or just wait till it gets cheaper?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14879",
"author": "Popher",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T17:24:09",
"content": "As MS is loosing (supposedly) $126 on every 360 sold, and wont make a profit until 2007, I doubt they will go cheap for some time.If you have the money, and can find one, buy it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14878",
"author": "Bus",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T17:57:48",
"content": "It may be a Neon with a computer in it… but it’s still a Neon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14876",
"author": "bodiby",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T19:01:31",
"content": "Hooray!! Links!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14877",
"author": "gamer31",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T20:13:36",
"content": "I am sorry for ripping off your storys.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14875",
"author": "jamil",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T07:18:40",
"content": "i tried modding an snes controller. it works great! getting the driver to work correctly was a pain in the ass, and you have to be SURE ECP is turned on in bios. i highly reccomend it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,950.846416
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https://hackaday.com/2005/11/23/thermal-keypad-combo-snooping/
|
Thermal Keypad Combo Snooping
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
This is interesting demo of how residual heat in a safe keypad could expose the key sequence. Using a hand-held thermal imaging device (not cheap) you can read which buttons on a keypad were pressed 5 to 10 minutes after the event from up to 10 meters away. Even though each key press is momentary there is enough heat transfer to distinguish the button in a thermal image. The sequence can be determined since the first button pressed has the least heat. This method break s when buttons are reused in the sequence, but being able to see the unused keys cuts down the number of possible permutations.
[thanks Mr. Mistoffolees]
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[
{
"comment_id": "14873",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T19:03:09",
"content": "splinter cell!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14872",
"author": "Mojo Jojo",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T19:17:49",
"content": "So just heat the keypad so that the temp is consistant across the whole thing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14871",
"author": "PK",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T19:26:35",
"content": "Time to begin pressing all of the buttons at least once after unlocking my panic room.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14870",
"author": "Jake von Slatt",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T19:42:22",
"content": "At the ATM I found that only the first 4 character of my PIN actually mattered so I would always type in 20-30 characters before hitting “enter”. If someone commented I would just whisper “you never saw me” or “government account”.Jake.http://www.vonslatt.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14869",
"author": "tim",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T19:43:11",
"content": "ok, now for someone to present diy handheld thermal imaging device",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14868",
"author": "tim",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T19:45:21",
"content": "oh, wait…it has been featured on hackaday…a thermal imaging digital camera",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14867",
"author": "morcheeba",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T20:29:58",
"content": "What material are these buttons made of? I’m guessing metal; otherwise the heat wouldn’t transfer into them after such a quick press. And metal makes a more impressive looking safe. Make them out of polystyrene and they won’t get warm so quickly (and they’ll last maybe ten presses … oh well).This looks like the lock they used:http://www.lagard.com/pages/index.asp?action=show_product&id=7A similar attack I noticed… a certain apartment building had a keypad with 3 very dirty digits; the rest were spotless.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14866",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T20:36:34",
"content": "And webcam, etc. But I wonder if those are sensitive enough for this application. I would suspect not. Maybe if you hacked up a way to cool the CCD?Another candidate would be the dumpster-diving Gen 0 nightvision:http://www.angelfire.com/80s/sixmhz/infrared.htmlThat one’s definitely not sensitive enough as-is, but I reckon you could improve on the basic design and maybe get it to do this. It would be significantly less cheap and easy, though.jake: That’s pretty brilliant, actually. However, Bank of America accounts have a six-digit minimum length and I think they support a PIN up to eight-digits. (Though it was a while ago that I made my account.) Do you know if this will work for variable-length PINs? (Or is my recollection about the variable-length PIN incorrect?)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14865",
"author": "richard",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T20:48:38",
"content": "SO if i understand this correctly, i could foil a thermal imaging device merely by running my finger over all of the keys after i entered the code. easy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14864",
"author": "Jwilliam",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T21:40:58",
"content": "The problem with this method is that there are far easier ways to get the numbers in a key sequence than this, and they don’t require anyone to have used the device recently. Also many high security institutions(like Lucent and Avaya for example) use touch screens for keypads, and the numbers are rendered in random places, different each time someone uses it. So if someone were to press 1234 for thier code and you could see where they touched the pad, you could be pressing 3927 when you try using it.A good hack none the less, but there are more useful things to do with thermal imaging, but that’s not what these hacks are all about now is it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14863",
"author": "cg",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T22:37:00",
"content": "That was NOT a do it yourself thermal imager made from a digital camera. It was a do it yourself NIR infrared camera. Two vastly different technologies. And that was NOT a thermal device built from scavanged parts it is a light multiplier or intensifier it is NOT sensitive in the thermal range. Thermal sensors are very hard to build, and uncooled thermal sensors even harder.Using a pen or pencil or something of that nature would insulate your fingers from the keypad and might be enough to stop this hack. I have thought about this hack before but never bothered attempting to show it in action.Disclaimer – Employee of FLIR",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14862",
"author": "ZipperSeven",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T22:51:49",
"content": "I prefer the ‘Sneakers’ method of just kicking the door in.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14861",
"author": "K R",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T23:11:27",
"content": "that is a low resolution camera. even if you dont need it you can get higher resolution cameras for around 12k from mikron infrared.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14860",
"author": "jOE",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T23:32:26",
"content": "Cute idea, but why use a camera at all? There are plenty of very inexpensive IR detectors out there that are much more sensitive. Just pass over each button, note the temperature over ambient, and you’ll know the keypresses.Cheapest is probably the IRTC’s from Exergen (exergen.com). Way more sensitive than an imager, and around $100.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14859",
"author": "prabhuly",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T23:58:03",
"content": "oolldd, i’ve been doing this in splinter cell for years! haha…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14856",
"author": "joshw",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T01:39:42",
"content": "attn: morcheebartfa, they tell you what the buttons are made of.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14857",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T03:04:18",
"content": "I’d like a DIY hack more.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14858",
"author": "Mark",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T04:23:37",
"content": "another fairly simple method would be to have a heater behind the keypad that kept it at body temperature, so that no heat is exchanged.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14854",
"author": "tavor",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T04:47:21",
"content": "#9: Simple, put a time-stamped normal-vision camera with it in the same box.#16: Spiffy.The potential of this is scary, and at the same time… astounding.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14855",
"author": "jonathan",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T06:34:43",
"content": "The access keypad at my previous lab had LCDs on each key. The number associated with each key was scrambled each time the keypad was used. Clearly thermal imaging could not be used to crack a keypad of this type.I like #16… great solution! Using a material with low thermal mass for the keys is obviously another step in a safe direction, no pun intended!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14853",
"author": "Jer",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T07:56:14",
"content": "“What material are these buttons made of? I’m guessing metal; otherwise the heat wouldn’t transfer into them after such a quick press. And metal makes a more impressive looking safe. Make them out of polystyrene and they won’t get warm so quickly (and they’ll last maybe ten presses … oh well).”this wont matter too much. we use these in firefighting and because of that I’ve had a lot of time to play with them (our dept has 2). putting your hand on grass in the sun will leave a hamdprint for minutes, the top of a polyustyrene cooler will last even longer, hell even pavement will keep the image for several minutes. if anything metal keys might give off the heat faster than insulators like polystyrene.also cars are very cool to look at with one of these should you ever get the chance. you can only see the upper half of a person (windows if thet’re down) but you can see the engine glowing nicely and the tires + where they were on the pavement. another cool thing is looking at people through windows, they’re completely invisible and mirrors reflect the users thermal images :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14852",
"author": "Ka nai`a",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T08:18:26",
"content": "Just like Max Headroom – Blipverts. I think. Did they do something like this? I can’t remember. Damn, off to BT to find that ep now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14851",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T09:08:48",
"content": "cg: Very good points, employee or no. ;) I was sort of shooting from the hip, and forgot to account for those solutions using the wrong part of the IR spectrum. I guess we’ll have to shell out and get one of your $5k imagers, but in this case you get what you pay for!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14850",
"author": "DarkFader",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T11:28:34",
"content": "If the heat really stays that long, it’d probably be cheaper to have a one-point sensor and manually check each button and record the levels.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14849",
"author": "barse",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T11:42:11",
"content": "A much easier way to get the numbers (but not the sequence) is to spray the keys with some UV reflecting dust or aerosol. After the keys has been used, just use a UV flashlight to check where the UV dust has been smeared.Maybe it would be possible to use a different pattern of UV “grease” on each key and then work out the sequence from that. The first key would only be smeared, the second would be smeared _and_ it would have residues from the pattern of the first key and so on…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14848",
"author": "Dr. Bond",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T17:49:11",
"content": "The really cool thing is they did this with an uncooled FPA (Focal Plane Array) bolometer. A cryo-cooled MCT (Mercad Telluride) would give MUCH better results and depending on the safe’s contents the $200K+ investment could certainly be justified. BTW the button material doesnt matter, metal buttons would absorb heat faster but would also dissipate the heat faster.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14847",
"author": "Chris davis",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T22:02:30",
"content": "I had a chance to play with one of the units used by firefighters and it was shocking how sensitive it was. Just touching a wood table for a second would leave a spot visible for a minute or so.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14846",
"author": "Leion",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T07:17:57",
"content": "this is a real cool idea. I did not think of this. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14845",
"author": "Leion",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T07:20:13",
"content": "use a pen or something to push the buttons next time we open a safe…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14844",
"author": "jared harley",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T18:56:39",
"content": "#25 “A much easier way to get the numbers (but not the sequence) is to spray the keys with some UV reflecting dust or aerosol. After the keys has been used, just use a UV flashlight to check where the UV dust has been smeared.”Or you could give a cute girl a George Washington campaign pin with UV ink/grease on it and later solve the anagram of her password to steal the Declaration of Independence…. just an idea…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14843",
"author": "Deadly_Dad",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T12:47:56",
"content": "Whenever I am using a keypad I do two things:1. I rest my first three fingers on the whole row of numbers, only using enough pressure to register the one number I need. You would need a camera with a /very/ high resolution to detect the minute movement.2. As my PIN is four digits, I press one key at random, then hit ‘correction’ with my thumb while moving my fingers to the row for the correct first number, thus entering four digits with six beeps.Thnik about it!Deadly_Dad",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14874",
"author": "ronald",
"timestamp": "2008-01-05T06:33:32",
"content": "you dont need a thermal camera to see wat numbers were used just set up a tiny video camera or a ultraviolate die or pen to see what was presed theres a $2,150 hand held infrared device cheapest ever. its a good peice compared to 10,000 for the same effects",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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|
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https://hackaday.com/2005/11/22/bluetooth-stereo-bridge/
|
Bluetooth Stereo Bridge
|
Eliot
|
[
"Portable Audio Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Chris] had made a sturdy mount in his car for his iPAQ. He uses the iPAQ for directions and playing mp3s. After nearly ripping apart his line-in cable every time he took the iPAQ out of its cradle he decided to create a wireless solution. He chopped up a pair of HP FA303A Bluetooth headphones to extract the receiver portion. The headphone’s band is prone to breaking so it might be possible to find a damaged pair for cheap. The receiver was placed into an old mouse. Once the buttons were hooked up to the mouse buttons and a voltage regulator added the unit was ready to start streaming audio directly to the stereo.
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{
"comment_id": "14842",
"author": "KuRTROedeger",
"timestamp": "2005-11-22T19:08:31",
"content": "This has some usefullness to me. Thank yoU!–KurtRoedeger",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14841",
"author": "Singularis",
"timestamp": "2005-11-22T19:24:45",
"content": "just so many random pieces of technology coming together to make something so useful; kudos on a nice job",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14840",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2005-11-22T20:14:26",
"content": "Nice. For your pda software though, I reccomend PocketPlayer by “Conduit”? It rules.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14839",
"author": "F13N[)",
"timestamp": "2005-11-22T21:32:54",
"content": "it would be sweet to have one of these with a FM transmitter like the Belkin Tunecast or similar device built in. eliminating wires altogether-F13N[)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14835",
"author": "Koko",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T01:32:55",
"content": "sweet. anyone going to make a one with video? now that would be",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14836",
"author": "god",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T02:28:20",
"content": "Video over bluetooth? Ha, it can barely do nice audio…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14837",
"author": "Hans",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T02:46:17",
"content": "Sometimes you read an article and although it has no immediate use, it can give you a simple idea you never thought of before. I don’t have an ipaq, but all those wireless gadgets have to break sooner or later, don’t they? they can be a great source to scavenge a wireless transmitter/receiver. Do i see a sense of fear in my wireless mouse?*picking up scalpel*oh yeah, it’s fear allright!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14838",
"author": "nexus",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T05:34:49",
"content": "iPaq doesnt have enough space on even a 1gb sd card to be usefull for music. I take my rio riot in the car with me. 20gb hd with a belkin male to male audio cable to the reciever. works great.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14834",
"author": "terry",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T08:47:45",
"content": "Nice, simple hack. I wonder if a bluetooth receiver could be made to fit inside a cassette-tape adapter. That would be cool for XM or an ipod.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,951.513467
|
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/20/nes-controller-for-pocket-pc/
|
NES Controller For Pocket PC
|
Eliot
|
[
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
As an emulator enthusiast Oscar was frustrated by the button placement on his Pocket PC. He decided to
adapt an NES controller to the PDA
. The iPAQ had four buttons plus a D-pad like the controller so he just needed to find a way to translate between the two. The answer came from a Belkin IR keyboard. In addition to the regular QWERTY keys it had the hardware buttons too. He stripped out the necessary board from the keyboard and connected the NES buttons. He left the battery and an IR extension outside of the case because the signal was too weak from a distance. I wonder if it would be possible to use something like [leadingzero]’s
NES remote
and just translate the button presses since the signal would be stronger. I know it would work with LIRC in Linux, but I’m not sure if there is something similar for Pocket PC.
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{
"comment_id": "15625",
"author": "colin brown",
"timestamp": "2005-12-20T19:06:10",
"content": "Nice, I have two of these plus the old console. I’m inspired by some of the things you can do with them, I’ll maybe give it a go!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15624",
"author": "dxc",
"timestamp": "2005-12-20T19:19:00",
"content": "Heh, everything is possible.Now only if I had a PDA.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15623",
"author": "Elliott",
"timestamp": "2005-12-20T19:19:35",
"content": "Thats really Cool. Wish i had a PPC.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15622",
"author": "tuckie",
"timestamp": "2005-12-20T19:50:47",
"content": "could the poor range just be a result of the ir emitter? Better range might be obtained by switching it out for another one",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15621",
"author": "ikzann",
"timestamp": "2005-12-20T20:00:45",
"content": "Since the NES controller is so similar to the Game Boy Color controls, it would be interesting to see if someone could fit a PocketPC inside a Game Boy Color, along with an emulator. You could use this to play alll NES games on a portable.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15620",
"author": "Z",
"timestamp": "2005-12-21T01:03:49",
"content": "building a ppc into a gameboy sounds expensive.try this:http://hawanja.com/handyfamieight.htmor maybe build your own from cheaper parts:http://www.benheck.com/Games/Nintendo_projects/NES_Micro/NES_Micro1.htmthat plays original cartridges, but loading roms to cartridges can be done.http://www.raphnet.net/electronique/nes_cart/nes_cart_en.phpCombining the two, to have a NES-on-a-chip run roms from an EEPROM should be possible.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15619",
"author": "KIWIDOGGOE",
"timestamp": "2005-12-21T13:54:00",
"content": "this would be verry nice because i hace the same problem",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15618",
"author": "Scott Day",
"timestamp": "2005-12-24T12:51:40",
"content": "Anyone got any idea what the IR Keyboard protocol is? Is it just normal AT/PS2 keyboard serial signals on IRDA?I want to make my own like this but the whole ripping apart a keyboard thing sucks- I would rather use a micro to emulate one.I’ve tried google but nothing…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15626",
"author": "EmuSpot",
"timestamp": "2008-02-18T17:40:30",
"content": "This is a bit off topic but relevant to the Ipaq.I have an Ipaq Hx4700, I’ve lost the charger.Can I get the PCC to charge using only the cradle powered by usb.Usb charging is diabled when the battery reaches near 10%.My Ipaq will power up when it is connected to a usb power source for several hours.When it does come while connected to a usb power source; can I do some sort of button combination to enable usb charge and therefore allowing it to fully charge via usb ?I do not want to buy another universal charge.Any appropriate suggetions are welcome.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,951.257098
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/20/want-to-write-how-tos-for-engadget/
|
Want To Write How-tos For Engadget?
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
I’m hiring a new ‘How-to’ editor for
Engadget
. We’re looking for someone who can contribute at least 2 how-tos a month. Original how-tos can cover hardware, software, and anything in between. We’ve covered software how-tos like
streaming with VLC
and
setting up Synergy
. We definitely want someone who isn’t afraid of a soldering iron and can do things like
building WiFi antennas
and
embedding sensors in clothing
.
To apply for the position you need to:
Post a ‘fresh’ how-to article in the style of Engadget with pictures/screenshots somewhere on the internet (like a free blog from
Blogger
).
Write a sample post for a ‘found’ hack (like the Hack-A-Day daily feature).
Send both links, a little info about yourself, and 5 additional how-to ideas through the
tip form
before 1PM EST Dec. 27th. Use the subject ‘Engadget writer’.
For inspiration:
here are how-tos we’ve done in the past
. For additional inspiration: this is a paid position.
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|
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{
"comment_id": "15616",
"author": "tns",
"timestamp": "2005-12-21T02:09:09",
"content": "#13: And it’s also clearly unrelated to the fact that he has yet to master the complexities of adding a comment.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15617",
"author": "ryan block",
"timestamp": "2005-12-21T03:37:40",
"content": "Jared, I think there was a misunderstanding, but we are still interested in you and your work. I’ll be in touch!Best, Ryan",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15611",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2005-12-21T19:33:19",
"content": "Nik, that’s because i don’t know. I haven’t heard from her in two weeks and I’ve heard similar stories from others.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15612",
"author": "Jason Bower",
"timestamp": "2005-12-21T21:03:23",
"content": "I will be honest, from the sounds of it you have created one hell of a bad name for your self",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15613",
"author": "Dax",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T00:27:26",
"content": "#28 I don’t think it’s that he has developed a bad name, it’s probably more to due with people being flakey. Someone says to themselves “wow I could totaly write for Hackaday” and then 3 articles later they are out of good ideas and drop off the map. I have seen similar things happen on various MUDs that I play on. The owners say that they are hiring new immortals to run the game, players are falling all over themselves to get the position and then 2 months later they stop playing and never come back. Its sad realy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15614",
"author": "jason striegel",
"timestamp": "2005-12-24T09:59:25",
"content": "dax, you hit it right on the head.definately flakey.it’s not quite as sad as you say, though. head and shoulders does a fantastic job, and pert with dandruff control has a nice bouquet that i find very invigorating in the morning while contemplating things like going to work and other, more important things such as how to repair a melting snowman, or a practical solution for reading hackaday in the shower.speaking of hackaday, if i may digress from the dermal and stray to discussion of one of my favorite subjects for a moment… it’s always a pleasure to read great howtos here. people like fabz deserve credit for the incredible amount of time and effort that they have invested in writing for our benefit. let’s hope we’re lucky enough to see more of the same in the near future.00000011 cheers to everyone that’s been here, and best of luck to the incumbent.hip hip hackaday",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15615",
"author": "Duck",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T03:06:14",
"content": "I’d have to agree with dax: you might want to go for a less stable commision or short term setup; though there may of course be some readers (not me) capable of meeting demand on the long term basis. I’m working on some little things I’d like to post but I don’t think I could do it reliably with classes, and I would imagine something similar is true for most. Oh well, good luck to whoever wins this position!-QUARK",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,951.351298
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/19/rfid-based-spatial-address-book/
|
RFID Based Spatial Address Book
|
Eliot
|
[
"Cellphone Hacks"
] |
[] |
The march of reader hacks continues and I couldn’t be happier. [Timo] has been experimenting with a prototype
Nokia 3220 Near Field Communication
phone. The phone features an RFID reader/writer (and an odd logo that seems to combine a Dreamcast with RSS). The phone’s Service Discovery application reads RFID tags that it encounters. The read data can trigger a variety of actions: dial a number, send a pre-defined SMS, or load a URL. Timo placed an
array of RFID tags under the surface of his desk
. He then recorded different actions to each tag and placed a corresponding Post-It note liable on the desk surface above each tag. So, by resting the phone on “call Jack” the phone would load the number. When he walks into the office he can set the phone down on “I’m in the office” and a text message will be sent. He’s got some interesting thoughts on this system. It made him very aware of where he had to set the phone when he didn’t want it to do anything. Timo also wonders how your acquaintances would feel if they found themselves ranked across your desktop.
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{
"comment_id": "15610",
"author": "steel maverick",
"timestamp": "2005-12-19T19:19:00",
"content": "w00t!!! f1rs7 p0s7!!!Nice. Might try this hack,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15601",
"author": "mr dan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-19T20:13:37",
"content": "This is a really interesting project, one which can be expanded in many ways. A couple of things to note however are:1) What if you accidently placed the phone over a tag? (eg, you dropped the phone)2) What if somebody sneakily re-arranged the post-it notes, you could instruct the phone to perform one action ‘SMS to Wife’, and it would perform another ‘SMS to Secretary’, could be dangerous!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15602",
"author": "cantsleepcatswilleatme",
"timestamp": "2005-12-19T21:12:27",
"content": "Once at band camp….I installed linux on an RFID chip.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15603",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2005-12-19T22:08:44",
"content": "#3, “I installed linux on [x]” stopped being funny a very long time ago.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15604",
"author": "Scubasteve",
"timestamp": "2005-12-19T23:08:57",
"content": "#2 or worse….perform one action ie “sms to secretary” and it would perform another “sms to wife”…..THAT’s what could be dangerous!!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15605",
"author": "steven barnes",
"timestamp": "2005-12-19T23:12:51",
"content": "Where can you buy one of those Nokia NFC Shells?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15606",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2005-12-19T23:20:43",
"content": "fark.com has a program set up where first post is deleted or something. we should do that.maybe “first post” could be changed to say “i got a small penis!!!”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15607",
"author": "kin cheng",
"timestamp": "2005-12-20T00:59:56",
"content": "rfid tags are the ones that wal-mart uses right. would this cellphone be albe to reprogram those tags",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15608",
"author": "Doctor",
"timestamp": "2005-12-20T02:02:11",
"content": "When you leave a first post comment on fark it changes the timestamp to 12 hours in the future and “First Post” to something else.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15609",
"author": "exparrot",
"timestamp": "2005-12-20T04:26:23",
"content": "this is my boobies on hackaday!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65460",
"author": "AoR",
"timestamp": "2009-03-06T15:44:52",
"content": "@ kin cheng:Yes, retailers like wal-mart, shippers like FedEx, public transportation like MARTA (In Atlanta) use rfid, but this phone can only read them. Editing an rfid tag is a considerably more complex task.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "119921",
"author": "unsecured wifi",
"timestamp": "2010-01-27T01:20:07",
"content": "adding to twitter this is great info.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,951.63417
|
||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/18/playstation-2-controller-adc/
|
Playstation 2 Controller ADC
|
Eliot
|
[
"Playstation Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Paul Skinner] sent in an interesting project that he has been working on. The goal is to use biofeedback (heart rate, skin temperature) for sound control. The Playstation controller offers multiple analog inputs so Paul decided to modify one to use as an analog to digital converter. Before tearing the controller down he connected the controller to Max/MSP to make sure he could read the inputs. The majority of the project was spent building amplifiers for the skin temperature and other sensors. Once the amplifier circuit was constructed Paul built several Max/MSP patches to use the data.
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|
[
{
"comment_id": "15599",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T19:14:04",
"content": "very cool and intresting. It’s funny too because at my nasa bioengineering mentorship last year i prototyped somthing very similar to this and then adapted it to optimize pilot aircraft interface. We ended up getting a patent on the aircraft portion, but i always thought that the playstation biofeedback alone would be very cool to have. Nice to see that someone else thought so too :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15598",
"author": "cantsleepcatswilleatme",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T20:53:54",
"content": "I installed linux on my PS2 controller.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15597",
"author": "madc0w",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T20:57:06",
"content": "noob i have a dual boot mactel netbsd machine on my ps2 controller. I put the whole thing in an altoids tin ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15596",
"author": "ArthurBrazil",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T22:19:11",
"content": "i have porn on mine actually im lying awww",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15595",
"author": "Some d0rk",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T23:39:29",
"content": "I remember a time not long ago when hacks were useful and interesting, like putting linux on your xbox or running pirated games on your PSP.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15594",
"author": "digitallysick",
"timestamp": "2005-12-19T02:45:19",
"content": "i wish they would have a daily hack a day extra",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15593",
"author": "markie",
"timestamp": "2005-12-19T02:59:20",
"content": "ah, that’s a nice use for a PS2-controller.. reminds me of this post (even though I still don’t know if that is a hoax or not)http://vertiblog.blogspot.com/2005/04/but-its-great-50-million-dollar.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15592",
"author": "mister_hxc",
"timestamp": "2005-12-20T02:17:09",
"content": "that looks quite fake, but this is a good hack",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15591",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2006-03-11T23:59:27",
"content": "Mad idea, but there so something I like to ask. I need a custom ps2 controller for my sister. She as arthritis and can’t use the normal ones. She can use PC mices,keyborads and trackerballs. I can use an iron but thats it. Any help be [email protected]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15589",
"author": "Tom",
"timestamp": "2006-03-18T22:49:25",
"content": "thats kool but ive done it alreay and my is c threw and it talk when u kill some thing it say “OMFG NICE SHOT” or “BOOM HEADSHOT” its kool",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15590",
"author": "Ken",
"timestamp": "2006-07-28T18:39:04",
"content": "Hey- this is what I need! I wish to control the “X” button via EEG, using BioExplorer.Easiest way I can figure to interface would be amplitude modulation of a simple sine wave. as the amplitude increases, the pressure value of the X button goes up. I am looking for someone to draw the schematic and/or build this for me.Anyone have extra time that they want to turn into a little [email protected]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15600",
"author": "Les Garwood",
"timestamp": "2008-04-12T18:35:25",
"content": "Help please: I cannot locate the full article for this hack and am very interested in it. I wish to build a device to help my son with his medical condition and this sounds like it is very close to what I need.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,951.307328
|
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/17/count-accumulator-for-radiation-levels/
|
Count Accumulator For Radiation Levels
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
This hack was put together by reader [Forrest Cook]. He was wondering if there were any radioactive materials in his rock collection. This is an add-on box for a 60s era Victoreen CDV700 Geiger counter. Vintage gieger counters don’t actually count; they use an analog meter with an integrator circuit to do short term averages. Forrest’s box plugs into the headphone jack of the Geiger counter and does true digital counting with a Motorola microprocessor. The signal could also be sent to a computer with a little modification. He did find a handful of radioactive rocks, but nothing that was serious enough to worry about.
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{
"comment_id": "15588",
"author": "colonel_panic",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T19:10:02",
"content": "Wow…That could be useful for my physical science class…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15587",
"author": "Rob",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T20:27:33",
"content": "Wow…That could be useful for testing my tin foil hat…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15586",
"author": "sinski",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T01:44:33",
"content": "wow…that could be useful for figuring out whether or not all this electronic junk around me really is going to make me infertile.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15585",
"author": "tallwookie",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T04:28:55",
"content": "nice hack!I ran accross this the other day, trolling wikipedia for something cool –http://www.unitednuclear.com/supplies.htmYou can buy uranium and other radiation emitting material from this site (including some crap that outputs gamma radiation).This isnot a plug – i read hackaday everyday, and thought i’d add my .02$",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15583",
"author": "dacheetah",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T04:50:57",
"content": "Coool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15584",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T05:15:09",
"content": "I have radioactive rocks in my head, so a tinfoil hat doesn’t help.quite the opposite",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15582",
"author": "cooldude",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T08:40:27",
"content": "this is kinda “stupid” , who is really going to make one of these things!i want some more usefull hacksThanks :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15581",
"author": "smilr",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T10:55:54",
"content": "RE #7 “cool”dude WHY in your ever so vaunted opinoin, is this a STUPID hack? Too simple? Too easy? Too… not interesting to you and therefore must = stupid?Seriously – ENOUGH with the derogatory comments – they don’t help ANYONE who reads or posts to this list.Last year in my digital electronics course one of the groups decided to build essentially this same thing out of discrete logic components. Worked fairly well, but the number of components they had wired together was insanely high compared to this micro-controller based approach.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15580",
"author": "octobclrnts",
"timestamp": "2005-12-19T02:11:12",
"content": "Yep, microcontrollers are great like that. I felt a little sorrow a while back when one of the guys who was instrumental in their design and creation died. Without this technology, we would still be in the technological dark ages.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15579",
"author": "Unomi",
"timestamp": "2005-12-19T11:57:43",
"content": "Am I the only who read “his rock collection” and thought about his Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin albums etc.?Off course, real rocks have radioactivity sometimes, but hey it’s early in the morning on monday soooo……– Unomi –",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15578",
"author": "Justin",
"timestamp": "2005-12-20T04:38:28",
"content": "I’ve done stuff like this for the CDV700 counters (and others), however with the advent of the (free to use) CDVcounter software, there is no point any more – no modification of anything is required to get much better results on computer, you just plug the geiger counter’s earphone jack directly into your computer (or better, laptop) soundcard mic port, and it does graphs, web server stuff, etc.Plus, you can export the data to excel or other programs to do more complex analysis.That’s not to knock this hack though – you should do stuff like this yourself at least once before having a premade solution handed to you :-)I recommend CDVcounter though, it’s simple but interesting to play with. If you have two geiger counters, you can rig up a stereo adaptor and make a cosmic ray (muon) telescope.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/16/linux-running-on-palmones-lifedrive/
|
Linux Running On PalmOne’s LifeDrive
|
Eliot
|
[
"handhelds hacks"
] |
[] |
I am amazed at how quickly Alex from
hackndev
was able to get
Linux running on the LifeDrive
. It looks like the majority of the work only spanned 2 weeks. The Linux system is started using
Garux
a bootloader that you run in the Palm OS. Garux unloads Palm OS from memory and boots the Linux kernel in its place. Alex has published
GPE
binaries of Familiar Linux that should be really simple to use. The touchscreen works, but since suspend isn’t working yet it’s still not practical as a stand alone environment.
[thanks andy]
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{
"comment_id": "15576",
"author": "kURTROEDEGER",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T19:04:59",
"content": "i WISH I KNEW LINUX, SO MANY HACKS OUT THERE AND CUSTOMIZATION.–kURTROEDEGER",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15577",
"author": "cantsleepcatswilleatme",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T19:27:45",
"content": "I installed linux on a small lump of clay. But I couldn’t find a keyboard driver.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15574",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T22:53:26",
"content": "lol @ # 2.did you try to compile drivers from source?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15575",
"author": "cantsleepcatswilleatme",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T23:43:38",
"content": "Grayskies,later that afternoon I installed linux on my cat. There are ample keyboard drivers for this install. Except now he’s got terrible gas. Looking for a hack to take care of that.Any help?B",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15572",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T00:27:57",
"content": "I tried installing Linux on a dead badger using the guide athttp://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040405/badger.shtml.It wasn’t pretty. I do not recommend it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15573",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T00:28:15",
"content": "rm -rf /usr/bin/cat/gasTry that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15571",
"author": "madd_matt",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T00:53:38",
"content": "grayskies, just removing the file can cause instability.Try replacing it with this stubb script:#!/bin/bashexport ${GAS} = 0;echo $GAS;",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15570",
"author": "andy",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T00:55:42",
"content": "Hey, i am apart of the organization LOAAOOA, linux on animals and other objects association. I have been involved for about half a year, and i am very excited to hear of your new linux ports to animals, your actions will be recorded (not really).",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15569",
"author": "weirdguy0101",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T01:08:26",
"content": "I got Linux my my gerbil, but I can’t figure out how to stop him from waking me up in the night. Any ideas?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15568",
"author": "DonDondon",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T01:38:08",
"content": "I don’t know why everybody is trying to install linux on their pets. I installed it on a potato no problem. Best part is the potatoe provides it’s own powersource (Google potatoe batteries). I call my distributions, “Chips!”.–Don",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15566",
"author": "wtfisit",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T02:25:16",
"content": "you guys should try installing it on a penguin… nothing like it ;D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15567",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T03:03:14",
"content": "> Google potatoe batteriesDan Quayle?!?!? You read Hackaday!?!?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15564",
"author": "t3h",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T04:36:41",
"content": "Let’s get it working on the T|E…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15565",
"author": "ty",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T04:58:24",
"content": "Yes, I agree with #12!Let’s get Linux on the T|E!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15563",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T05:26:29",
"content": "i’ve gotten the freebsd kernel to boot from a pack of playing cards, but whenever i mount a joker card i get kernel panic, any ideas guys? KTHXBI",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15562",
"author": "Timmay",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T05:34:05",
"content": "Man o man, i’m going to try the T|T2 linux! looks pretty cool for the geek factor.This could bring the lifedrive to what it should be able todo, some multi-tasking to go with those killer specs.Timmay",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15561",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T07:38:34",
"content": "on’t know why everybody is trying to install linux on their pets. I installed it on a potato no problem. Best part is the potatoe provides it’s own powersource (Google potatoe batteries). I call my distributions, “Chips!”.–DonHot damn look at this:http://latteier.com/potato/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15560",
"author": "Sean lazar",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T09:15:53",
"content": "#14, uninstall the joker cards, they have a known incompatibility with linux. But you’ll get a stack error because the configuration is expecting 54 cards – 52 card deck with 2 jokers. Make sure to change the line “STACK_LEN=54” to “STACK_LEN=52” in your kernel config. then recompile. works for me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15559",
"author": "hohumlovegun",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T15:36:08",
"content": "What’s happened to the links!? :( All we get now is individual hacks, I look forward to coming on hackaday and filling up my browser with open tabs from the links page!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15558",
"author": "hohumlovegun",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T15:46:18",
"content": "What’s happened to the links!? :( All we get now is individual hacks, I look forward to coming on hackaday and filling up my browser with open tabs from the links page!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15557",
"author": "spliff",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T23:42:09",
"content": "linux on this hardware, linux on that hardware, using linux to something remotely useful in your life.. nowherethats my freestyle. what.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15556",
"author": "imeetdoom2",
"timestamp": "2005-12-25T21:19:58",
"content": "all this talk about pets and food makes me wanna go to the bathroom, hmmmm what a novel idea, a toilet paper roll running linux!!! this calls for serious “emergency” multitasking… just make sure you uninstall the sheets and change the kernell config before usage… we dont want to scare the shit out of the kernel and make it panic do we… any tips???",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "57619",
"author": "funnyman1234",
"timestamp": "2009-01-02T05:11:58",
"content": "I tried installing Linux on my wife, but I ran into the same problems as Vista. I couldn’t find sex drivers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "90591",
"author": "mrsPengu",
"timestamp": "2009-08-31T04:48:11",
"content": "I definitely just realized how geeky I am when reading through the comments I understood them, lol.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "90607",
"author": "davijordan",
"timestamp": "2009-08-31T07:59:33",
"content": "Linux works on the better half, You just always have to use the sudo command to get “root” privileges. Back to reality. I have put linux on my wrt54gl, nslu2, PPC Mac, PC Pentium I-IV, Amd k1-2, Amd Turon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/15/drunk-animatronic-santa/
|
Drunk Animatronic Santa
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Reader [Josh McCormick] hacked this
awesomely drunk animatronic Santa
.
Here’s a cached video link
. He purchased the 5 foot tall singing and dancing Santa Claus at Walmart for $50 with the intention of modifying it for an art show. Once he got it home he began tearing it down. He found the brains of the device in the left foot (just like Santa!). The motion control is all analog and there is a hidden potentiometer that controls the dancing rate (jigginess). Josh used a BS2P40 Parallax BASIC Stamp for the digital control of the device and the sound samples were stored on a Quadravox QV306M4. To get the movements in sync, Josh recorded the performance as the sound clip was being played back. The movements were stored on a 24LC515 EEPROM. With some last minute work he got it to the show on time, but it unfortunately broke during exhibition and he did not win. There should be some consolation in the fact that it is on the internet now and will be seen by thousands of people instead of a handful.
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{
"comment_id": "15553",
"author": "Unomi",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T13:56:26",
"content": "And? Did he also put Rudolf’s nose on Santa? I mean, you’re drunk or totally wasted/trashed. The difference is the nose or is that only a myth just like the whole Santa story?– Unomi –",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15554",
"author": "dirk",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T15:19:43",
"content": "lolz haxed santa",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15555",
"author": "aztek",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T15:29:38",
"content": "wow thats really great!! wish they had these in the netherlands.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15552",
"author": "jon",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T17:54:55",
"content": "I laughed so hard i cried…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15550",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T17:57:43",
"content": "Don’t the new ones have a mic input. I beleive my friend has one that does.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15551",
"author": "[email protected]",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T18:01:23",
"content": "Wow that is really cool. You should of won. Great job.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15549",
"author": "john",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T18:05:25",
"content": "Haha! I’m still laughing.Good show Josh, I don’t think I’ll be able to watch TV again without being a little freaked out.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15548",
"author": "Brett",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T18:54:01",
"content": "They sell a black santa at walmart too…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15546",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T19:11:00",
"content": "Now that is a hack…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15547",
"author": "rick",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T20:36:25",
"content": "I can’t get the video to work, I have WMP 9 on a MAC. It says the codec is not supported, suggestions? thanks",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15545",
"author": "Sleighboy",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T21:52:42",
"content": "Viewing this is a TRUE blessing for this holiday season.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15544",
"author": "lotacus",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T22:00:56",
"content": "great job. would have bee a little funnier to and sexual movements when santa was talking about “mommy kissin santa clause” and what happened in the bed… Who’s your daddy! Man, I would have SO much fun with this project it’s rediculous. Just think, too, this santa doesn’t have to be seasonal. change the clothes, put a mask over his face, and he’s george bush.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15543",
"author": "mrklaw",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T22:25:21",
"content": "my favorite dancing Santa hack is the one found herehttp://www.hauntershangout.com/home/santahangman.aspThey converted the Santa into a kicking hangman. It looks really creepy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15541",
"author": "rmiller021",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T05:11:21",
"content": "#10 Option Click it, it will download then open it in VLC or MPLAYER",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15542",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T07:06:44",
"content": "my favorite dancing Santa hack is the one found herehttp://www.hauntershangout.com/home/santahangman.aspThey converted the Santa into a kicking hangman. It looks really creepy.That is soo wrong, but funny.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15540",
"author": "madmax",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T09:08:35",
"content": ">>This santa doesn’t have to be seasonal. change the clothes, put a mask over his face, and he’s george bush.The obvious political joke here is Ted Kennedy! Chappaquiddick anybody? :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15539",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T10:00:20",
"content": "yo hackaday, right next to the video link he asks that people dont link straight to it…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15535",
"author": "Jaspel",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T10:22:56",
"content": "I would just like to see you return it and the look on whoever bought it next.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15536",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T03:01:17",
"content": "That’s why it’s called a cached video. ;)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15537",
"author": "fubster",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T20:52:51",
"content": "A+",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15538",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T21:18:04",
"content": "Great hack! Those judges are on glue…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15534",
"author": "Ari",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T09:12:05",
"content": "Posted Dec 15, 2005, 2:00 PM ET by lotacus“Just think, too, this santa doesn’t have to be seasonal. change the clothes, put a mask over his face, and he’s george bush.”Lmao. I am so going to do that. hahahahahahah you have inspired me",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15533",
"author": "trade-a-loan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T13:34:35",
"content": "[email protected]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,951.410667
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/08/rotary-pinhole-camera/
|
Rotary Pinhole Camera
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
Pinhole cameras use a tiny pinhole as their aperture instead of a lens. Fran?s Besson designed this camera to take a 240 degree panoramic picture. The camera aperture slot rotates on one axis while the film rotates on a separate axis. The 8×20″ film is attached to a large drum mounted to the second spindle. The exposure length can be 18, 6, or 3 minutes depending on the voltage supplied to the drive motor.
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{
"comment_id": "15351",
"author": ".:prophecy:.",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T03:17:20",
"content": "French – Booooo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15352",
"author": "Midna",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T03:43:37",
"content": "FIRST POST",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15349",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T04:21:12",
"content": "^^^ first dumbass/second",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15350",
"author": "CYRIX",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T05:40:57",
"content": "very oldschool and not very hackish",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15348",
"author": "Billytheimpaler",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T06:05:18",
"content": "Hack-a-day trolls are a very interesting breed. They exhibit some of the same characteristics as Slashdot trolls but lack the humor. They whine about the lack of good hacks during dry spells but when the hacks are good, as they’ve been for the past week, I hear not a peep. Face it, this has been a great week at HaD. We’ve had a bunch of camera hacks, a old school type hack, some electronics, some software, a bit of everything. They were gold all week. Nobody was congratulating the HaD editors for doing a good job, discovering, researching, and posting great hacks. Now, as soon as there is a single hack that is somewhat less popular, people are complaining about the hack quality again.I don’t really mean to accomplish anything with this off-topic post, I’m just pointing out the way I see things. It’s anyone’s prerogative to complain when you feel it’s appropriate, I’m just calling shenanigans on the unequal treatment some topics get. Feel free to shoot me down.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15347",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T08:34:38",
"content": "heh, heh, too bad I don’t have anything lined up for tomorrow yet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15346",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T09:59:49",
"content": "use the OSMC i suggested",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15345",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T20:22:26",
"content": "Fascinating camera. My brother and I were half joking about building one of these last year but suspected the exposure times would be so long it would make the entire thing impractical. Now with seeing this I might give it a try. Very cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15344",
"author": "plusmedic",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T19:24:54",
"content": "my first reaction was “what?!”. I had this exact idea maybe about a year ago, and had it sketched out. Never got around to making it though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15343",
"author": "sam",
"timestamp": "2006-02-21T18:16:17",
"content": "i definitely want to try thisit seems like this is the only one made.i want to make a 35-mm version with a lens",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
] | 1,760,377,951.681035
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/07/hack-a-day-extra-7/
|
Hack-A-Day Extra
|
Eliot
|
[
"Uncategorized"
] |
[] |
I’ve got my new box up and running. I assembled it on Monday afternoon and started looking into
OSx86
since I wanted to triple boot the box with XP MCE and Linux. After walking into several dead ends I decided to quit for the day. Tuesday came and I decided instead of messing with OSx86 and getting a MCE bootleg I would take the easy route: install
Gentoo
. First, I grabbed a tarball from the
Jackass! Project
which offers optimized toolkits (I’ve built them by hand before). I had laid out my partition scheme the night before, so most of the install preparation was done. I made sure to leave two 20GB primary partitions for OSx86 and XP if I decide to install them in the future. The only change I made from the Jackass default was using the “-march=nocona” compiler flag for Pentium 4 EM64T. After the base install, I installed X.org,
fluxbox
, and firefox. Then I immediately began folding!
Team Hack-A-Day
continues to improve:
Lazy_Folder
started on Dec. 1st and has already moved into the top 10 for daily production. The forum is growing as well:
yesterday we saw a woman
.
Lumenlab has released their LCD projector
plans
. I only mention this because the site comes up every time we mention the words lcd and projector
around here
. I haven’t had a look yet, but the
instructions are apparently chock full of “more details in our forums”, which you have to pay for.
Linksys has started selling the
WRT54GL
as their
Linux model since they’ve switched to vxware on their main product line. It’s nice knowing you won’t have to guess what
is inside the box when purchasing a new router. It’s good timing too, since
OpenWRT
has a new, sexy GUI.
Check out
the developer’s screencast
.
[bugloaf] remembered my affinity for living in shipping containers and sent along Adam Kalkin’s Push Button House:
first seen on
Future Feeder
and then, with more pictures, on
Inhabitat
.
Usually I pass on stories with sensational headlines like “Fed wiretaps defeated by intermittent beeping”. Luckily,
Dan has the full details of how this attack works
.
Cracker Jack has been finding some
hardware
design weirdness in the new 360
. Things like EEPROM not being found on the premium even though it appears on the
core. I’m guessing this was a running change in production, but why?
Anina is a fashion model/Unix hacker trying to
push fashion towards high tech
. She was
interviewed for
NerdTV #9
.
QuickSynergy
is a GUI for easily configuring Synergy2, a seamless
keyboard mouse switch. I never thought the original was that hard to set up, but if this gets more people to use
Synergy, more power to them. [via
TUAW
]
With a little soldering you can
use any headset you want with the
Xbox 360
. Mine has been crackling since day one. [via
Xbox360fanboy
]
Extremetech has a
guide
on case painting
.
The Red Ferret Journal has details on the
Pedgen I
pedal powered
generator.
Try ruby! (in your browser)
was a little too popular when I first tried it.
Also,
free programming video tutorials
[via
Lifehacker
]
Upgrade your Dell 700m to DVDRW for just $80
.
The drives look different, but that’s because Dell has added some extra cladding.
[
Alex
]
DIY USB Lassen SQ GPS receiver
[kerry s]
Did you happen to catch our buddy [
Matt Gilbert
]’s
scroll bar scarf
as it made the rounds earlier in the
week?
The guys from DVguru admitted that their
external SATA RAID
array how-to
isn’t a hack, but they sent it in anyway knowing that we wouldn’t be able to contain our hardware
lust.
I saw links to
Linux Journal’s terabyte backup server
in a
couple different places. The “terabyte” in the title is just fluff. The article is really only useful to see how you
can use rsync or samba to backup your network.
MenuetOS
is an OS written entirely in 64bit assembly. [Steve]
Russian
hard drive clock
No, it isn’t
that
incredibly cool one
. Turning a hard
drive into a clock seems to be
very common
. [Fred
dasp]
[
Robert Oschler
] has a demo video of using
voice commands with a Robopet robot dog
.
Adding a 3.5mm audio
jack to a Treo 650
[
anonimo
]
I don’t think Google has admitted it yet, but others have
determined that
Google’s antivirus is being provided by Sophos
.
If you are planning on getting some heavy rack gear off of eBay you should
search for items near your zip code
and do local pickup.
[andrew]
Shufflephones 3.0
raphnet built a
controller for a single Nixie
tube
. Look around; they’ve got some
old console hacks
too. [h-tech]
[adrenalin] commented on
racking stuff in IKEA
furniture
. I have looked into this before: the
OPPLI TV bench
will fit 17″ wide audio components, but you’ll have to use the
OPPLI single unit
if you want to mount 19″ rails.
I have a “WTF” label in GMail that I use specifically for tips like this:
Name: BunnyRanch Dennis
Email:
[email protected]
URL:
Subject: Unlock Blackberry 8700C
HACK Site:
http://www.hackaday.com/
Help the stars of HBO’s Cathouse. I was given a cingular 8700C at the
american Music awards and want to use it on my T Mobile ACC.
How do I unlock it?
Help!!!!!
I’m sorry. We don’t do that kind of work here.
Thanks for all of the tips
!
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{
"comment_id": "15341",
"author": "Mojo Jojo",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T11:34:58",
"content": "I live for these Hack a Day Extras thanks Elliot",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15342",
"author": "geeker",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T12:31:23",
"content": "Your using 64 bit gentoo, right? How is that working out so far? I switched over just after I built a 64 bit box but I ended up going back to windows *shudder* because of poor driver support, especially for bluetooth and tv cards, and in general a lot of applications just wern’t stable or they were masked. I’m looking at switching back now but I’m unsure at whether to go for the x86 or 64 version.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15340",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T12:41:57",
"content": "Well, it is a little early to tell right now, but I haven’t seen many problems yet. I did have openoffice emerge fail, so I pulled out java and am currently trying it again. I haven’t gotten a chance to chase down problems yet though and make sure things like sound and 3d accel are working. I’ll get my tv card next week so we will see how that goes. I used to use ~x86 everything, but this time I’m trying to stick with as much x86 as possible.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15339",
"author": "rune",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T15:25:08",
"content": "i’ve been running 64bit gentoo for a while now, 5 months i think, and so far it’s great. i’ve wanted to sack windows and start running linux for quite a while, but finally when my windows xp install crapped itself around summer, for no apparent reason, i decided to make the switch. although it isn’t easy, i’m very happy, and i don’t think i’ll ever run windows again (i hope i won’t be forced to).the hardest part about switching is finding out what software you need for what tasks. i’ve installed numerous packages just to delete them after 10 mins just because i didn’t know what programs to use.fortunately gentoo has quite a lot of packages, so i’ve pretty much found everything i need, with the exception of a good electronic circuit drawing program. i’ve tried oregano (in gentoo is sci-electronis/oregano) which even has circuit simulation, but i can’t seem to work it. now i’m using eagle, there is an ebuild in bugzilla somewhere.using gentoo ~amd64, you encounter a few problems because of the architecture compared to ~x86. macromedia flash isn’t available on amd64, win32codecs doesn’t work on 64-bit, i haven’t been able to install sun java and so on.to get win32codecs to work in mplayer, you can emerge mplayer-bin which is a 32-bit binary, and the same goes for firefox/firefox-bin.as for sound and 3d accel, everything is just dandy on my system. i’ve compiled my kernel with the soundcard drivers, and i’m using the latest (masked) nvidia-kernel package.i would definately go with amd64 — i’m perfectly happy with it :)good luck though (you might still need it)!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15337",
"author": "n3ldan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T02:03:59",
"content": "was that person *really* from the bunny ranch?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15338",
"author": "iamdigitalman",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T02:40:24",
"content": "hey, what happend to HAD’s lazy afternoons? Jeez, I miss those.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15336",
"author": "iamdigitalman",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T02:45:15",
"content": "oh, and why when I confirm the comment, is the email FROM “Weblogs Inc. Customer Service”? I thought we went independant? Just curious.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15335",
"author": "bugloaf",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T03:18:56",
"content": "Are you sure that BunnyRanch Dennis is not really from the Bunny Ranch? I think you should remove his email address in case it isn’t published elsewhere. (Although it would be pretty easy to guess it.)I checked the HBO Cathouse website and there is a guy named Dennis. It’s plausible that he was invited to the awards show and given a phone as schwag.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15334",
"author": "Stew",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T05:12:18",
"content": "holy links Batman",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15333",
"author": "tobias",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T05:32:07",
"content": "why is the photo at the top of this entry in color?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15332",
"author": "CYRIX",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T05:42:28",
"content": "hack-a-day extra have color imagesHADE IS THE BEST",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/07/excel-based-drum-machine/
|
Excel Based Drum Machine
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
[Thomas] just wanted a simple, free drum machine to play with. He decided to build one himself using MS Excel. To get it up and running you need to download a .zip file that contains the .xls and .dll files. Grab some drum samples and you are ready to go. Each drum is mapped to a key and can be used with a game pad. Don’t worry he’s got some simple, Meg White, patterns to get you started. Not impressed? Well, tear it down and build your own machine.
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{
"comment_id": "15331",
"author": "F13Nd",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T19:05:49",
"content": "this is a lot like the ijam widget. rockout in your lunch break.http://www.widgetgallery.com/view.php?widget=37305/F13ND",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15330",
"author": "evan b",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T19:24:00",
"content": "anyone know how to get it to work with OpenOffice?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15329",
"author": "annie_linux",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T19:40:54",
"content": "This is a great project…I only wish there were more explanation on the website about how it works. Could the spreadsheet be used to program drum patterns rather than playing them live?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15328",
"author": "Joe Strout",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T21:37:03",
"content": "I’m not sure I see the point of Excel in this. Write it in REALbasic (http://www.realsoftware.com/) and it would be not only easier, but run on Mac and Linux too. In fact I recall that being the subject of a tutorial several years ago… yes, here it is:http://www.resexcellence.com/realbasic/articles/2001/10-04-01/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15327",
"author": "n3ldan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T22:36:15",
"content": "what was the point of excel in this?i would have tried it, but i don’t sell my soul to the devil everytime i want to reinstall my operating system.thank you linus :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15326",
"author": "tristan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T00:41:57",
"content": "#5: honestly, we all know Linux is better than Windows, we’ve heard it countless times. A lot of people prefer Windows because it’s:a) what they’re used tob) the only OS supported by their favorite programsc) believe it or not, for the average user, easier to install and operateBy calling Microsoft the devil and Linus your lord, all you’re doing is making yourself look like a jerk. Now, don’t get me wrong: I love Linux, and prefer it over Windows.. but you don’t have to be such a troll whenever the word ‘Microsoft’ enters the conversation. If you want people to convert to Linux, try being nice, then maybe they’ll listen to you.Using Linux doesn’t make you a superior human being, it simply makes you a Linux user.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15325",
"author": "happy gilmore",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T01:12:35",
"content": "ooowwwwww snap!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15323",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T01:33:14",
"content": "but tristin, we are jerks. and we’re proud :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15324",
"author": "The Tech Department",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T02:59:42",
"content": "I was in a band for years. Our drummer really sorta sucked but our guitarist could play drums(and sing, play harmonica, trombone, organ, well, I hated his raw talent,) but this would have been a great alternative to one of those expensive(crappy) drum machines. I plan on giving this a whirl. Maybe I can figure out a way to save the inputs and have it play back.I’ll be drumming like Danny Carey(Tool) in no time now!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15322",
"author": "n3ldan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T03:07:44",
"content": "#6:Microsof tisnt teh devil, but they’re EULA certainly isnt something I woudl agree with. Thankin Linus doesnt make him my lord, either. It’s the fact that (the drum machine dude) built it into $350 software, rather than the free equivelant. Or just making it standalone. Believe it or not, not all windows users have office (and for good reason)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15321",
"author": "tomskag",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T03:29:43",
"content": "bravo, thsi is a nice change of pace.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15320",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T04:40:42",
"content": "For those of you asking what the point of using Excel was… Hack value, plain and simple. It’s like climbing Everest, only without the sherpas and oxygen deprivation.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15318",
"author": "william",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T05:50:04",
"content": "yeah, i know, it’s cool and all, but it won’t let you do two samples at the same time, which kind of makes it pretty un-practical… if this is somthing wrong on my computer or settings, let me know pleasewilliam",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15319",
"author": "pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T06:26:21",
"content": "His link to a site with drum samples kinda crashed that guy’s bandwidth. Bummer, but I recorded some vocal samples, and we’re cool now. With a little bit of VB and time and a better microphone, and yes, a better voice, you could program a full keyboard, forget “just” the drum set.Oh, and who here paid $350 for excel? It runs on ’97! I might play with this and see how well I can script it. Haven’t looked terribly closely at the code, yet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15316",
"author": "Thomas",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T14:41:04",
"content": "Thanks for the link! The ability to script the kit–to create a real drum machine–is something I’d like to work on, particularly straight from a spreadsheet, but if someone else wants to put it together that would also be cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15317",
"author": "mix master master mixa",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T08:13:32",
"content": "Totally badass! I love it. Now, If it only had MIDI support…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15315",
"author": "iNSOMNIACUK",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T13:34:44",
"content": "If he had programmed a drum machine himself, that wouldn’t be much of a hack, would it? The whole fun of hacking is making a product designed for one purpose do something entirely different isn’t it? To customise a product you own to make it better suit your needs?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15313",
"author": "p@",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T00:20:08",
"content": "“To customise a product you own to make it better suit your needs?”uhh… i don’t own MSExcel… so that must mean… this is useless.Try hacking using the ultimate hackers resource… Opensource.here’s a tip…http://www.openoffice.org",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15314",
"author": "max",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T14:46:50",
"content": "There is already a good free drum machine with tons of preloaded samples; it’s called garageband and it ships with every mac! And for 70 bucks you can get a midi keyboard to jam out with. I don’t have the time to master frets and strumming on a real guitar but hell, I know what sounds good and I’ve been hitting keys for 15 years :). I wonder, can you install the iLife applications on OSX86? Anyone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15312",
"author": "Thomas",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T17:51:26",
"content": "If I’ve got to buy a Mac, it’s not really free, is it?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15311",
"author": "Zerophil",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T10:03:49",
"content": "what do you mean “not all windows users have office”? i thought that it was a law now. damn that dell sales person!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15310",
"author": "john smith",
"timestamp": "2005-12-19T00:41:57",
"content": "OK! I see a drum machine!!But wheresthe download!!!Another link to nothing, just as expecteed!!!Thanks for nothing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/06/supercap-9v-battery/
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SuperCap 9V Battery
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Eliot
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9V batteries are often found in devices that aren’t used very often. If you use a NiCd rechargeable battery you may find it completely discharged by the time you need it. Capacitors on the other hand can maintain their charge for years. This circuit uses a 10F cap with a switching voltage regulator to increase the voltage from 2.3V to 9V. With a light load the cap will last up to 3 hours and once discharged it can be recharged in less than 20 seconds. Warning: PDF link.
[thanks nullset]
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{
"comment_id": "15304",
"author": "Joel",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T19:50:20",
"content": "interesting… i might try this!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1049740",
"author": "sfdf",
"timestamp": "2013-08-29T21:56:18",
"content": "where is the pdf",
"parent_id": "15304",
"depth": 2,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1107553",
"author": "NecroPoster",
"timestamp": "2013-11-21T21:20:02",
"content": "http://www.digitalequilibrium.com/docs/9v_capacitor_battery.pdf(keeping the necrothread alive!)",
"parent_id": "1049740",
"depth": 3,
"replies": []
}
]
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "15305",
"author": "Archon",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T19:56:14",
"content": "10F! Whoa! I’m impressed with that alone… this is pretty sweet… now I’ve just gotta find something of mine that uses 9V batteries to try this out on!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15303",
"author": "John",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T20:09:31",
"content": "I wonder fi the gauss pistol could benefit from these gold-cap capacitators….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15302",
"author": "Wayne",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T20:12:42",
"content": "What’s depicted is a 10F cap, not a 1F one. 10 times the zap!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15301",
"author": "rui maldonado",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T20:14:10",
"content": "does anybody knows any way to turn this into 4.5V and if it is a good powersource for a cheap digital camera?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3295505",
"author": "dave99999",
"timestamp": "2016-12-01T19:03:19",
"content": "It is not a good power source for a digital camera. The capacity is far too low. Presumably at 4.5V the camera uses 3 x AAA or 3 x AA cells. Use standard NiMH rechargeable cells or if cost isn’t a factor, for longest runtime (most pictures) use Lithium primary (non-rechargeable) cells.The alternative would be an external battery pack wired to the camera battery bay, if it doesn’t also have an external power input socket which some do. Ha ha, fat chance you will come back today, 11 years later to read my reply, but someone else might benefit from it.This battery hack is only meant for very low drain devices, the type often powered by that form factor 9V battery and today, it could be made more compact and efficient by choosing a ready to use IC regulator board from eBay for $2.",
"parent_id": "15301",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
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},
{
"comment_id": "15299",
"author": "Bob",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T20:14:54",
"content": "“The SuperCap can deliver a peak current of around 6 A, this equates to a lot of power (heat) dissipated in low resistance loads.”I guess you wouldn’t want to use your toungue to test one of these, like you would a normal 9V…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "3295507",
"author": "dave99999",
"timestamp": "2016-12-01T19:06:29",
"content": "It’s still 9V (actually 8.5V), current will be limited by the resistance of your tongue.",
"parent_id": "15299",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
]
},
{
"comment_id": "15300",
"author": "shbazjinkens",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T20:21:02",
"content": "I wonder why nothing like this is on the market? That seems ultra useful, especially for cameras, etc, where you may have access to electricity a lot but don’t want to wait hours for a charge.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15297",
"author": "The Tech Department",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T20:24:29",
"content": "I so want to stick my tongue to the end of that!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15298",
"author": "Sheldon",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T20:43:59",
"content": "Cor, Elektor Electronics to the rescue! I remember reading them when I was a little nipper and they used to have lots of cool stuff like this in their magazines.Hmm, the article explains that one of the transisters is used as a zener to create an 8v value (the circuit produces around 8.5v).I’m tempted to adjust the circuit and create a dummy battery to make a super-cap based 3v cell to stick into my wireless optical mouse. That way, I don’t even have to worry about memory effects (quirk of NiCads) and even if it gets flat, it’ll charge in an instant!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "15295",
"author": "altpersona",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T20:53:06",
"content": "so, er , how about…take that basic idea of using it in a wireless mouse at 3v, and adding a kinetic charger, that that moving your mouse charges your mouse.might turn out to be a massive sized mouse…or convert the wheel , or better i guess, on a two wheeled mouse, make one wheel a charger, …",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15296",
"author": "Vonskippy",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T20:55:10",
"content": "Great Article – more like this project please. I miss the days of Popular Electronics Magazine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15294",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T21:00:14",
"content": "This isn’t sold on the market because a AAA battery has 1000x the amp hours of this 10F supercapacitor. While a $5 10F supercapacitor is great for a capacitor, it is orders of magnitude too small for something like a camera. These caps are useful for a high peak power / low average power solar charged item as they have longer lifetime with less charge loss. See:http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/capacitor2.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15293",
"author": "tech guy",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T21:12:28",
"content": "The article doesn’t talk about charging the cap. From the circuit it looks like you have to charge the cap leads. The circuit doesn’t support charging from the 9v terminals.bob: The voltage regulator limits the current available. The cap may be able to generate 6A, but the regulator will only do 1.5A (google the datasheet)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15292",
"author": "Crosius",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T21:24:13",
"content": "If you put one of those tiny solar cells on the outside of a device with one of these inside, it could always be ready to go – as long as you didn’t keep it in a drawer.This is ultra-neat.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15291",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T21:50:33",
"content": "i’m pretty sure you can’t trickle charge a cap from a solar cell…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "994217",
"author": "Drog",
"timestamp": "2013-04-16T23:45:15",
"content": "Yes you can. Here is a link to the simplest use of a cap and solar cell. With a large can it will flash well into the dark night after a charge.http://beamagination.solarbotics.net/beamtaxonomy.php",
"parent_id": "15291",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "3295510",
"author": "dave99999",
"timestamp": "2016-12-01T19:10:03",
"content": "You can trickle charge a cap from a solar cell but there are two choices. 1) Use a capacitor bank rated higher voltage than the peak voltage the solar panel can generate and accept that capacity loss. 2) Regulate the output of the solar cell to equal the voltage rating of the capacitor and accept the efficiency loss in doing so, while you already have a limited amount of recharge capability based on the small area available for the solar cell (just an assumption, usually large devices would have a larger battery than that form factor 9V).",
"parent_id": "15291",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
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},
{
"comment_id": "15289",
"author": "magnavoid",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T21:56:09",
"content": "THIS KICKS ASS!!! i am going to have to go this!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15290",
"author": "Theblunderbuss",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T21:57:47",
"content": "How well would this work in a Cmoy amplifier?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15288",
"author": "BoomBox",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T22:11:13",
"content": "Nice application of a supercap in such a way. But i dont like how it is done. A inductive switcher transistor pair with a zener clap is not energy efficient. (not to mention the quicent current usage).I would like something DC-DC up converter to upconvert the low voltage. It would increase the efficiency a lot, i have a setup here with a solar cell and a MAX756 to power a small microcontroller on 3.3Volts. The setup can power a white led for half a hour on a 2.5V 3.3Farad goldcap.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15287",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T22:27:28",
"content": "why alex (#13), of COURSE you can trickle charge a capacitor. oh the joy of BEAM robotics:http://www.beam-online.com/Robots/Circuits/1381.htmlhttp://www.solarbotics.net/library/circuits/se.htmlmakes me miss building those little buggers. tildens spyder walker anyone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15286",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T22:30:00",
"content": "rui maldonado: Yep, replace T3 with a 4-V zener and get a 4.5V supercap battery. I guess how appropriate it would be for your cheap digital camera would depend upon its battery compartment (determines the size of the caps you could use) and how much current it will draw.Crosius, alex, you could indeed charge it from a solar cell, but keep in mind that the total cell voltage static would have to be less than 2.3V at the cap terminals, or would have to at least 4V at the input of the charge regulator.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15284",
"author": "brian",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T22:32:22",
"content": "#13 alex – google for “beam solarengine” for different ways of charging caps with solar cells … my understanding of supercaps had been that they weren’t good at discharging quickly, has this changed recently?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15285",
"author": "Crosius",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T22:32:48",
"content": "alex> couldn’t you use an accumulator like a BEAM robot does to charge the cap in short spurts?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15283",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T22:33:54",
"content": "rui maldonado: Yep, replace T3 with a 4-V zener and get a 4.5V supercap battery. I guess how appropriate it would be for your cheap digital camera would depend upon its battery compartment (determines the size of the caps you could use) and how much current it will draw.Crosius, alex, you could indeed charge it from a solar cell, but keep in mind that the total cell voltage static would have to be less than 2.3V at the cap terminals, or would have to at least 4V at the input of the charge regulator.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15281",
"author": "martin",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T22:55:31",
"content": "This could be made even better with one of the 10farad capacitros of the same size :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15282",
"author": "brian",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T22:56:57",
"content": "hey steve! nice to see another beam/tilden fan around! I’m only just getting the time to really play with beam circuits, but I really like the mostly-analog nature of tilden’s designs.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15280",
"author": "t0ny",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T23:43:25",
"content": "This would be great for firealarms :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15277",
"author": "Alex",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T00:03:00",
"content": "(#21)Ir already uses a 10farad cap.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15278",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T00:54:57",
"content": "Fixed",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15279",
"author": "Mattrix",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T01:18:38",
"content": "Ummmm… are you sure THAT cap is rated at 10 farad? Looks more like a 10 microfarad to me. If I am remembering right a 10 farad capacitor would be huge.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15276",
"author": "jesse",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T01:19:21",
"content": "Just for the record i beleive they are micro-farad capasitors. a 10 farad capasitor would be the size of a waste basket.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "15275",
"author": "TNS",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T02:02:59",
"content": "jesse: Normally I would agree with you, but if you look at the cap in the picture, it clearly says 10F right on it. Then, if you had actually rtfa you would have noticed this part:“The circuit shown here uses a small outline supercap with a capacitance of ‘just’ 10F (yes, that’s 10,000,000uF!)”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "994590",
"author": "NinjaNath",
"timestamp": "2013-04-17T19:52:34",
"content": "Hey can you tell me the equivalent to a 1N34 diode please",
"parent_id": "15275",
"depth": 2,
"replies": []
}
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{
"comment_id": "15274",
"author": "smilr",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T02:05:41",
"content": "You can see the 10F rating in the picture – sure, a 10 farad capacitor would be huge, but these are 10 farad super-capacitors. I don’t know exactly how they are composed differently from normal capacitors but yes, this is a 10 Farad package.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15273",
"author": "Gray cube",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T02:35:03",
"content": "Maxwell offers some ultracaps in a “D” cell format:http://www.maxwell.com/news/release.asp?PRID=183They have a lot of good information on their site.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "15272",
"author": "phycon",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T03:02:14",
"content": "this would be good for smokedetectors. cuz they are run on house circuts but the 9v is there for when power lines fail",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15271",
"author": "-Pat",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T03:20:06",
"content": "Yay for BEAM. It’s been a while since I’ve followed anything in the BEAM area, anything interesting happen since, oh say… ’99?Just to re-inforce others, that is definitely 10 farads, as stated in the article, I don’t think a 10 microfarad capacitor would even drive a single cycle of the oscillator (seeing as the other two caps are 100 uF each). I’m more excited about puting this idea into devices, than using it to replace batteries, personally. If you need to keep an MP3 player going for the 30 minute commute to school/work, and you forgot to charge it the night before, it’s much easier to let it charge for under a minute when you’re rushing to get out the door. Oh the possibilities.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15270",
"author": "captsnuffy",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T03:28:18",
"content": "http://www.mutr.co.uk/prodDetail.aspx?prodID=337i guess it could be 10f then",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15269",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T04:20:40",
"content": "Guys, this 10F supercapacitor would run a mp3 player like my little muvo tx for less then 2 minutes on a single charge.AAA battery of 1.5V and 2800mAh = 4.2 Wh. A 10F supercap at 2.5V would be 0.00694 Wh. My Muvo runs for 14 hours on the AAA battery. 14 hours * 0.00694 Wh /4.2 Wh = 0.02315 hours or 1.4 minutes.Even a $25 50F supercap which is one of the most powerful ones would only give you 7 minutes of listening time. A camera would eat one of these up just as quick. Supercaps are great for beam, solar, leds etc but are a factors off to replace batteries in most applications. Supercaps are great for instant power (so fast charging/discharging) but not great for energy storage.The reason these supercaps are so small and light is that they use aerogel for the large amount of surface area.http://www.eepn.com/Locator/Products/ArticleID/28446/28446.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15267",
"author": "nullset",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T04:47:34",
"content": "Yay, my second mainpage post! (The other was the georgia tech student’s robotic guitar)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15268",
"author": "Pedro",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T04:55:56",
"content": "Unless your waste basket is the size of an AA battery, then yes… I’m staring at a 1 farad 5.5v super cap from allelectronics.com .78″ in diameter and .30″ thick. Not too huge at all.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15266",
"author": "Jethro",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T06:51:47",
"content": "I Think that this is a wonderful thing, I mean you could have a flashlight that needed to charge for like no time, and could run for a couple hoursMike, I think your numbers for the amount of power from a AAA are off by a factor of 2. According to Energizer, the bottom level Energizer AAA is only 1250 mah. That is roughly one half, but my point being, these capacitors hold a lot more juice than youd think….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "15265",
"author": "bakagamer",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T08:00:24",
"content": "“I wonder fi the gauss pistol could benefit from these gold-cap capacitators….”Actually, not really because the discharge time is in the seconds according to the article. Now if they made these with a much lower ESR…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15264",
"author": "Mike",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T08:14:55",
"content": "My number for AAA could be wrong so lets use 900mA instead of 2800mA. Point is thats 4 minutes of mp3 player time. The difference between a conventional battery and this 10F supercapacitor is on the order of 1000 times the capacity. Lets say I wasn’t half off but was 10 times off, that still is 100 times less capacity. I have supercapacitors here. For microcontrollers, leds, and pager motors they are great.According to this school physics site, a 10F supercapacitor will do over 30 seconds with a standard flashlight bulb. A couple hours is 7200 seconds by my calculation. Off by 240 times.http://www.djb.co.uk/SidePages/PhysicsPages/electricity.html(bottom of page)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15263",
"author": "Afroman",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T09:32:53",
"content": "He says it will run a light load for 3 hours without a recharge… but that’s a pretty big exaggeration.He states the quiescent draw of the converter is 2ma at 2.3V, meaning a 4.6mW draw with no load, or 0.0046 joules per second.Energy stored in a capacitor = 0.5*C*VsquaredSo stored energy = 0.5*10Farads*2.3*2.3 = 26.45 Joules.26.45 / 0.0046 = 5750 seconds of runtime assuming that the 100% of the capacitor’s energy is used (not likely).Meaning that after about 1.6 hours of this circuit powering absolutely NOTHING, the cap will have fully discharged. It’s a cute hack, but he should have used a proper low power dc-dc converter circuit.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15262",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T09:41:04",
"content": "“I Think that this is a wonderful thing, I mean you could have a flashlight that needed to charge for like no time, and could run for a couple hours”You guys are greatly overestimating the power of these caps. A 10f 2.3v super cap stores about 25 joules; it could raise 1g of water by ~50F. That is also about the amount of energy used in the flash of a disposable camera.That 10f cap would power only a single LED for a few minutes, almost useless for a flashlight.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15260",
"author": "rui maldonado",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T14:20:27",
"content": "Pocketbrain: Thanks! the compartiment is 3AAA cels sized. i wonder if 2 capacitors of lower size in series would have the same efect.I also wonder if it could take, let’s say, 4 ours of photos. normal bateries drain in 7days if not used to feed the internal memory, wich i dont use.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15261",
"author": "rui maldonado",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T15:05:10",
"content": "oh gosh… i need autoupdate for firefox… again…well, as far as i have seen, it is almost useless unless used for emergency power for a mobile phone, for example.but really, has anyone experienced yet the autonomy of these cells?I would love to experiment, even in a flash light.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15259",
"author": "Hans",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T19:42:17",
"content": "Ugh, I just spent 15 minutes trying over an over to post a comment, is there a size limit that it is not telling me? It kept telling me rejecting my comment field.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15258",
"author": "M56",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T22:54:20",
"content": "#26 and #27, I thought the same thing. 1 farad car audio caps are the size of soda cans or spraypaint cans… I did some googling and these supercapacitors are apparently different kind of thing, with different pluses/minuses.wiki:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercapacitorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CapacitorAlso here’s some company page that mentions both:http://www.cap-xx.com/resources/reviews/strge_cmprsn.htmUnfortunately I couldn’t glean whether these supercapacitors make regular caps obsolete, or if they are just used for different things. I’m sure car audio buffs would prefer to use a tiny $5 unit that has ten times the storage as their $100 1farad caps if it were directly applicable… can anyone explain the difference?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15257",
"author": "Hans",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T23:09:53",
"content": "(not the same hans as in #44)afroman post #40: “he states the quiescent draw of the converter is 2ma at 2.3v, meaning a 4.6mw draw with no load, or 0.0046 joules per second.”Your mistake is that you take this number as a constant in the next calculation. As the voltage of the supercap decreases, so will the current (most probably), so the power (=U*I) will decrease even faster.With this underestimation you get 1.6 hours, so I think that if you take the diminishing power draw into account, 3h seems very plausible.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15256",
"author": "kmangwing",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T02:30:17",
"content": "Correct me if i’m wrong, but in beam, it merely uses the circuit for voltage detection and amplification to send the power to the motor. Basically, the solarcell charges the cap directly, and the rest of the circuitry is the trigger.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/05/6502-driven-nixie-tube-clock/
|
6502 Driven Nixie Tube Clock
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
I love Cold War chic like [ryan brooks]’s great looking nixie tube clock. There have been other microcontroller based nixie tube clocks so Ryan decided to base his on the venerable MOS Technology 6502. The 6502 is the same 8-bit processor used in the Apple II and Commodore 64. He’s got a couple interesting notes from the construction:
Be very organized with your digit wiring; use lots of cable ties or something. 6 digits is 120 solder joints on 60 wires.
Don’t be afraid to make your own Nixie sockets. I stood my tubes up on my flatbed scanner, arranged them with a ruler and then scanned. Imported to Photoshop, did a levels to make the pins contrasty and printed the output 1:1. Glued the paper onto my plexi, drilled all the holes, dropped in pin-sockets w/CA glue and bam! Instant Nixie Tube Clock Socket!
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{
"comment_id": "15240",
"author": "The Tech Department",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T19:26:19",
"content": "Sorry, couldn’t help myself. That’s sorta cool. Very retro. Makes me want to pull my 1970’s EE Desk reference and build something out of it. If only they would have built a giant retro bell(I’m thinking Liberty Bell sized) to wake up by. I know I need something like that!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15241",
"author": "Dick",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T20:00:06",
"content": "The C64 didn’t use a 6502. It used a the 6502’s first cousin, the 6510. IIRC it had some I/O feature that the 6502 didn’t.Is anal-retentive spelled with or without a hyphen?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15238",
"author": "PK",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T20:39:42",
"content": "That is correct. It was a 6510. Clock and IO pin additions.Patrick",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15239",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T20:50:40",
"content": "Whoops, you’re right, I didn’t pay close enough attention to my referencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_home_computers_by_category",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15237",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T21:22:28",
"content": "“Don",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15235",
"author": "IMWeasel",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T21:40:53",
"content": "This reminded me of the Futurama episode where Farnsworth makes the F-Ray flashlight thing that lets you see inside things. Someone pointed it at Bender’s head and it showed a chip inside marked 6502. A good portion of Hackaday readers probably got the joke, but I wonder how much of the general audience got it. :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15236",
"author": "Billytheimpaler",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T21:49:27",
"content": "Need a life? That’s a fine way to do things. There’re many parts I’ve needed to make, particularly ones that only need modeling in 2 dimensions, where I’ve simply printed up my CAD drawing 1:1, taped it onto the piece of flat stock, and started milling. As long as you don’t need really accurate parts (think 0.005″) it’s an easy way to save time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15234",
"author": "brian",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T22:05:49",
"content": "What era are the nixie tubes from? Would it be possible to do this project completely with parts from that era? The size would probably be enormous, but isnt that part of the art?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15233",
"author": "Wim L",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T23:13:15",
"content": "#6: doing the counting/timing logic with tubes would be a real pain, but on the other hand you could use things like dekatrons, which are neat in and of themselves.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15230",
"author": "geeker",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T23:35:01",
"content": "So now all you need to do is somehow attach it to your wrist ;-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15231",
"author": "John Bokma",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T00:55:32",
"content": "Very cool hack. I have some tubes somewhere, propbably not 6 though. (But who needs seconds)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15232",
"author": "Linkincable",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T01:58:12",
"content": "wow, how i wish i could make one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15229",
"author": "collin",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T02:00:21",
"content": "Re geeker’s commentNixie watchhttp://www.amug.org/~jthomas/watch.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15228",
"author": "madd_matt",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T05:12:22",
"content": "Does anybody know where i could get nixie tubes? I’ve been looking for a way to display current CPU load on my server, and this would be a really sweet way.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15227",
"author": "Forrest",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T06:23:28",
"content": "Nixie’s for sale herehttp://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/nixies.htmlGoogle nixie for more sources and info",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15225",
"author": "Jim Watters",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T07:09:34",
"content": "What about making our own Nixie like display wiht El Wirehttp://www.elwirecheap.com/index.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15226",
"author": "Fly Swat",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T08:39:09",
"content": "I’ve got an old motherboard, some ram, and an old 60 gig hd. Could you show me something really cool that I could do with it… Besides the obvious…. Home made magnetic card readers, rocket bikes that run on vegetable oil, Useful things would be cool. The cooking with processors and other things have been getting a little dry. You guys have got to be more creative… A real lifesaver… I challenge you folks to assemble a real lifesaver like in star wars… You have the brains, C’mon rise to the challenge……..",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15224",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T10:50:49",
"content": "what the hell? if you want to be a real hacker, you’ve gotta do it yourself. Get off your ass, get out your soldering iron and your multimeter, and hack that motherboard until it’s an anti-gravity unit or something badass like that. jeez.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15223",
"author": "Dom salvador",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T20:21:53",
"content": "re: comment 17A lifesaver? a “real lifesaver like in star wars” huh? is that anything like a “lightsabre”?Or did Star Wars contain some Titanic-esque water rescue scene I’m unaware of?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15222",
"author": "PK",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T16:55:52",
"content": "I would just like to clarify something. Actually the C-64 did use a 6502… in its 1541 floppy drive. So, I think the original post is in fact correct. Go eliot. :-)",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/04/electrostatic-headphones/
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Electrostatic Headphones
|
Eliot
|
[
"Portable Audio Hacks"
] |
[] |
Most headphones and speakers use electromagnetic force to drive speaker coils. Electrostatic speakers use electrostatic force to modulate a diaphragm. Mylar is used as the diaphragm in these headphones. Two insulating rings sandwich the mylar and a perforated stator is placed on either side. Ideally these stators would be acoustically transparent, but sheets of metal with 2mm (or smaller) holes that make up at least 25% of the area work. Construction problems can arise from glue not sticking to the mylar and the mylar having not enough or too much tension. A special amp has to be built for the headphones to generate a 450V difference between the stators.
[thanks mrdelayer]
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{
"comment_id": "15220",
"author": "Joel",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T20:09:13",
"content": "quite well done there!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15221",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T20:41:43",
"content": "Wow. I was about to say, a headphone post? Nice job there. I haven’t heard about that style of speakers. GIves me ideas now.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15218",
"author": "Marcus1970",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T20:51:44",
"content": "I don’t think I’d care to have a pair of these on my head. 450V + homemade hack + your brain (presumably between your ears) sounds like a recipe for disaster to me.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15219",
"author": "hex4def6",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T22:04:41",
"content": "#3:He does show in the schematic that he uses a *20 mega ohm* resistor as a current limiter. Since it is current that kills, you’d be safe.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15217",
"author": "doolin",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T00:55:06",
"content": "#3:Its not the voltage that kills you, its the sudden stop… err something like that.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15216",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T00:59:54",
"content": "Is this the tranlation?:“they good”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15215",
"author": "The Tech Department",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T02:30:17",
"content": "It’s the amperage that gets you. The number of electrons passing through your brain or heart in a certain amount of time. Yummy. Neat headphones though.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15214",
"author": "luvgnu",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T04:49:12",
"content": "Why do people say “amperage”? The correct term is “Current”. I have never ever heard an EE use the term amperage.On the same vein, amperage, or voltage, or wattage, is the measure of the quantity- not the quantity itself.Ie it’s the current that kills.Sorry to nitpick, but it’s that usage of the word annoys me….",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15213",
"author": "mrdelayer",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T06:37:08",
"content": "#8:am",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15212",
"author": "j-dawg",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T10:01:32",
"content": "according to that definition, you can’t use amperage and current interchangeably. amperage is the measureof the current, not the current itself. i can’t say that my car weighs 3500 poundages, but it’s a word that is the same to weight as amperage is to current:Main Entry: 1pound",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15211",
"author": "hubertus",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T12:21:14",
"content": "It is the amperage that kills. Not the current. We have current going thru our bodies all the time. Once the current hits quantities,measured in amperes, above a certain level, thats when smoke comes out of your ears!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15210",
"author": "Joshua Holbrook",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T12:43:12",
"content": "Kinda like getting squished by a car–because of all that poundage–would kill a person?I’m wondering why someone would want electrostatic speakers instead of the olde type–what’s the advantage? Do they sound better? Or is it the cool factor?(Or maybe they’re just lighter per sound?)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15208",
"author": "moroccomole",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T18:14:21",
"content": "Is it just me, or does make steal the posts that are made here? i.e. this one which showed up on their site a day later.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15209",
"author": "jesse",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T01:57:51",
"content": "http://www.headwize.comhttp://www.head-fi.org",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15207",
"author": "paul",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T00:53:31",
"content": "I saw a live version of these electrostatic speakers, bout 5ft tall demoed in a high end audio store in Austin Texas when I was a wee youngun looking for colleges back in the 80’s. They used a lot of power and seem to lack deep bass. Sounded well rounded otherwise. Were made of a grid array covered in a mylar film type material. This is not new but novel for headphones as the bass response would not be as critical at those sizes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15206",
"author": "belg4mit",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T01:53:11",
"content": "amperage is a perfectly cromulent word",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15205",
"author": "weaszel",
"timestamp": "2006-02-12T00:59:38",
"content": "all you ee nerds are sitting around arguing, and you’ve still got it wrong. electricity doesn’t kill people; the government does.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "205902",
"author": "Dutado",
"timestamp": "2010-10-31T18:29:27",
"content": "The advantage is that they have higher efficiency than electromagnetic earphones. These are not resistive but capacitive load. This means – the higher the frequency is the higher will consumption be and the higher the volume will be.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/03/depth-of-field-machine-for-dv/
|
Depth Of Field Machine For DV
|
Eliot
|
[
"Portable Video Hacks"
] |
[] |
The small footprint of a CCD makes it hard for digital video cameras to emulate the short depth of field of film cameras. You’ll notice depth of field in movies when they have one actor close to the camera and you see the second actor over the shoulder; the actors will alternate being in focus because of the short depth of field.
Here are some examples
. To emulate this using a DV camera you have to change the size of the target area. A smaller image is projected on a clear screen in front of the camera which is then recorded.
This project
uses a clear CD blank for the screen. The CD is rotated using an old CD player; otherwise the camera would pick up the grain of the plastic. Pretty easy, right? I haven’t even mentioned that the resulting image is upside down.
[thanks Angstrom]
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{
"comment_id": "15203",
"author": "josh",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T20:07:54",
"content": "first post!!!i never even noticed that with DV cams. Will look and see if i can do that for mine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15202",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T20:26:51",
"content": "You could always film in stero and make the people wear the funny glasses",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15201",
"author": "eski",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T21:36:23",
"content": "That would require 2 cameras as well, bird. Kind of defeats the purpose. :)Thanks for this hack! I may very well use this on my nzxt shoot…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15200",
"author": "blah",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T01:17:31",
"content": "One thing these people are forgetting is that most DV cameras have zoom lenses. The reason why 35mm cameras have a shallow DOF is because it is a a normal angled lens aka 50mm. take a DV camera with the equivalent lens size of 17-20mm well that gives you a large depth of field.I don’t know why it does this, I’m just a film student. If you want a shallow depth of field with a DV camera, get further away from your subject and zoom in on them. You’v probably noticed in someone’s home movies that the camera has a hard time auto-focusing on a subject if you’ve zoomed in on them. That’s because the margin is very narrow and hard to evaluate.Remeber:Wide-angle= deep DOVTelephoto= shallow DOV",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15199",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T01:33:37",
"content": "Depth of field is completely different from 3D. For an actual alternative, folk are working on a camera that stores information about parallax so that depth of field can be chosen later in software. It’s pretty crazy stuff. Engadget had a story on it, but I’m too lazy now to look it up.These recent camera hacks here are pretty badass, though.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15198",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T01:43:26",
"content": "I broke down and found the link:http://digitalcameras.engadget.com/entry/1234000370066585/It’s got nothing to do with parallax across the image sensor, as I had misremembered, but instead operates by simulating smaller apertures by inserting a “microlens array” between the true aperture and the image sensor. As such: “The light field camera decouples aperture size and depth of field. The microlens array harnesses the additional light to reveal the depth of each object in the image and project tiny, sharp subimages onto the photosensor.”",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15196",
"author": "Scott",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T03:13:15",
"content": "if you put a second spinning CD in, won’t that flip the picture again? will that effect the picture?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15197",
"author": "micah buckley-farlee",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T03:35:25",
"content": "blah: wrong.focal length does not affect depth of field at all, only aperture.if you want more information, well, it is explained in the article, you might start there.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15195",
"author": "micah buckley-farlee",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T03:58:12",
"content": "scott: the cd isn’t the part that flips the picture, the lenses do. all film and photo lenses project an inverted image.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15194",
"author": "ombligotron",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T05:54:37",
"content": "Micah: Wrong.http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Optical/Depth_of_Field_01.htmNot only is it affected by focal length, but subject distance as well. In fact, this is related to the reason DV has such a huge depth of field. 1/3-inch sensors (DV sensors, as in the Panasonic DVX and Canon XL1/1s/2) have a field of view (FoV) crop of 7.2x. This means that you need a 7mm lens to cover the same angle that a 50mm would cover on a normal film camera. Like Blah said, wider equals more depth of field, so in turn you get the same coverage as a 50mm lense, but much more is in focus, which is generally not preferred. If you put a 50mm lense on a DV camera, you would get the same depth of field as a 50mm film (the optics are unchanged), but it is much less useful because it would seem to you like a 360mm lense (7.2 x 50). Look up Canon’s wide angle lens for the XL2. Normal wide angle for film is a 35mm lense for pretty wide, 24mm lense for “Wes Anderson wide” and anything below 24mm for shockingly wide. Canon’s XL series wide angle for DV goes down to 3mm. Three. The entire frame is usually in focus, and it’s only about a 24mm equivalent field of view.Blah’s second paragraph is correct. One more reason why DV film makers should try and write their stories outside, during the day. The outdoors will give you more space with which to use the telephoto effect to blur out backgrounds, less competing lines in the aforementioned background blur, and the daylight will reduce noise because you can run at a lower sensitivity.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15192",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T06:33:34",
"content": "I think what Micah meant to say was RTFA.furtim, I fixed your link",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15193",
"author": "Scott",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T10:26:05",
"content": "thanks for the reply micah. so since its the lenses that flip the picture, i guess if flipping the picture was easy enough as adding an extra lens, it would have been done already, huh?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15191",
"author": "micah buckley-farlee",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T21:15:57",
"content": "scott:well, it’s hard to only invert the picture without affecting it in other ways as well. it requires relatively costly parts, so with the nature of this hacking project, it’s much easier to just view the viewfinder with a mirror and flip it in post.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15190",
"author": "Redrock",
"timestamp": "2006-02-08T20:10:05",
"content": "Checkout:http://www.redrockmicro.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15204",
"author": "edg",
"timestamp": "2007-06-01T22:42:17",
"content": "if anyone has tried this, I want to know something, does the lens vertically flip AND horizontally flip the image?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "65061",
"author": "Brian",
"timestamp": "2009-03-03T04:03:33",
"content": "Yes, the lens flips the image Vertically and Horizontally, So if you use a mirror in front of you viewfinder in an angle it will flip it back only Vertically but NOT horizontally.To flip it back both ways (so it looks totally normal), you would have to use a “Pentaprism” but they are very expensive and hard to find, but if you have an old 35mm SLR camera that you can take apart you could use the one inside it (yes, all SLR cameras have a “Pentaprism” built in) it’s a tedious job and gotta be creative in how to adapt it.Hope this was helpful.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/02/build-your-own-computer-rack/
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Build Your Own Computer Rack
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Eliot
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[
"computer hacks"
] |
[] |
Most geeks dream of rackmounting their gear. The fact that most rack equipment is purchased by companies means it’s way too overpriced. Seriously, $60 for a drawer? The best solution for us is to build our own. Here’s a build from the ground up. It starts with the basic 19″ rack. Then adds fileservers and other components. Make sure you check out the homemade power rails.
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{
"comment_id": "15188",
"author": "mc",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T19:18:21",
"content": "i don’t dream of rackmounting anything, for now a regular utility shelf in a closet serves my needs. however if i ever acquire enough 19″ equipment, i’ve seen “racks” made from two 2×4’s with appropriately spaced pilot holes and 1/4″ lag bolts.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15186",
"author": "Jeffrey",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T19:33:11",
"content": "http://www.pconramp.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=UA%2DRACK%2FMINI&eq=&Tp=here’s a mini rack for 50$$",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15187",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T20:02:11",
"content": "Now only if i had money i could make a sweet rack to fold on. too bad that im poor from college",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15185",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T23:48:15",
"content": "dude… i’m poor [italics]in[/italics] college…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15184",
"author": "criznach",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T00:18:29",
"content": "Dude needs to spend more time planning V1 and less time building V2 and V3. “Oops I forgot I need a PCI card in there…” and “Oops that solid block of 8 drives might need some cooling and wiring” :P He’d be one dangerous mofo if he could get it right the first time.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15183",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T00:57:35",
"content": "im still in college also and i have no money",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15182",
"author": "tweak",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T01:41:21",
"content": "I need to find a nice rack… I have a two compaq 3000’s and a DL380G2 that I use for folding… Ideas? I need something semi-portable, as I can’t move a 42u rack around the house very easily! :-)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15181",
"author": "spiralscratch",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T02:27:31",
"content": "tweak, check out the equipment racks musicians use for amps, effects processors, etc. I believe the specs for width, screw hole spacing, etc are the same.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15179",
"author": "captsnuffy",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T02:37:18",
"content": "Nice Rack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15180",
"author": "frak",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T02:48:35",
"content": "Saw this girl the other day – she had a nice rack…Seriously, it’s actually quite cheap to get the rack strips and cage bolts. It only get ludicrous when you buy the whole full size units.Ex Govt auctions are a good place to pick up rack gear and such for practically nothing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15178",
"author": "kasemodz",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T03:25:39",
"content": "i really like the craftmanship of this rack, very neat and clean, however there could be some design flaws. The hard drives are too close too each other and he is using windows xp on mini itx. Those servers would be alright for personal needs, but to share stuff, linux should have been the way to go for mini itx. Overall this person did a pretty good job, really like his craftmanship.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15177",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T05:22:27",
"content": "I have a rack mounted 24 port ethernet hub that some one gave to me, the thing is that when I put the stock fan in is, it get noisy as heck.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15175",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T07:21:57",
"content": "I awnt to go to gov auctions, but I have idea when and where thay are.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15176",
"author": "Jared",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T08:20:29",
"content": "I thought the overall look of the rack was very nice. I agree that there are some design flaws with the actual cases, but a good start/idea nonetheless. I wouldn’t mind building me one, except I think the noise from the fans and the heat would be too much for my room. I have a cabinet right now with a private A/C for 7 computers.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15173",
"author": "rob",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T10:14:24",
"content": "I cheated,I went to the auctions and got a rack mount dual Piii 1.2ghz, 1024mb ram, 1+4x 36GB(boot+raid5) scsi Hard drives and it even had agp. and the best bit is that when for less then $300AUD (about$200us)now someones old web server is my new server I only wish I could have got more then 1 of 26[sVen]",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15174",
"author": "andrenalin",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T20:46:08",
"content": "in german IKEA stores they sell small couch-tables for",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15172",
"author": "deenko",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T22:48:51",
"content": "It is a nice design with great craftmanship. It is hard to keep tight line when you cut the panel holes like he did. Especially when you are lazy like me!!I would not recommend this design if you plan to move the rack around, like to lan parties. The front panel is too thin, and will crumble when the box gets bumped while being moved. The vibration mode of the panel is probably close to a car/hand cart’s vibration frequencies. If you do try this, try looking into the racks with rear mounting holes. Or you can find cheap slider rails that will anchor the sides like a drawer.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15171",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T01:45:18",
"content": "by robI cheated,I went to the auctions and got a rack mount dual Piii 1.2ghz, 1024mb ram, 1+4x 36GB(boot+raid5) scsi Hard drives and it even had agp. and the best bit is that when for less then $300AUD (about$200us)now someones old web server is my new server I only wish I could have got more then 1 of 26[sVen]Wow, that’s a great deal.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15170",
"author": "Krolik",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T01:53:17",
"content": "I think that the fact that he did not include rails nor did he include transportation means (Wheels and/or handles) pretty much defeats the purpose of the rack.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15169",
"author": "broncosis",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T03:57:11",
"content": "the rack looks greatbut personaly why would you want to lug around that much gear to a lan partythe idea of a rack has always been a nice central place to put the computer that don’t see much user intervention I plan on racking my 3 serversI have a dual 1.4ghz p3 xeon with 1 gig of rdramand a ati fireGL agp card in it no drive though but it cost me about $400cdn ibm intellistationand my second server and my asterisk server all need a home so I plan on building a rack as well",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15168",
"author": "Ravi",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T12:38:50",
"content": "What use is a rack server for a home user? It is a real waste of electricity, ones time and money. It will not serve any purpose unless it is put to use for say hosting your own websites.But considering the knowledge factor, I think it is a good project.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15167",
"author": "strider_mt2k",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T15:19:29",
"content": "I’m a Ham radio operator, as well as someone who hardware hacks and did some ROV/robotics stuff for a while as well.I ran all my gear in a couple of 6-foot high equipment racks that I managed to salvage.I also had access to used rack shelves and some rack hardware that the company I was working for at the time was fabricating as well.i ran a rack setup for a couple of years, but dismantled it all because it was too huge for my small workshop/denThe upsides:One hell of a cool looking setup. aka: Mission ControlTotal access to your equipment, front and backinterconnecting cables can be kept shorter and neaterhearing my mother-in-law say “holy crap, it’s like nasa in here”: priceless :DThe downsides:large racks can require almost as much floor space as a phone booth, so you need more room to be able to get to things easily front and backlots of hardware for attaching the equipment, rack shelves, power strips, and other stuff that will accumulate inside your racksnuts and bolts, wire ties, velcro, and more!budgets for these things can creep",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15166",
"author": "rickf",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T23:35:20",
"content": "I’ve been looking for a small rack to mount my Compaq 6400R 4U server that I use for my web/mail/wiki/development machine (that I got for $50US), along with some yet to be bought RAID expansion chassis.. I’ve found quite a few racks being sold via Craigslist in my local area — many are cheap (<$100) depending on what you're looking for. Some people just want to get rid of them and you can get some good deals. Unfortunately, I'm not looking for 42U rack so I'm a bit more picky.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15165",
"author": "Black_Angel",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T08:43:30",
"content": "I need one of doze for my file serverand Laptop.New AC unit required though, Gets hotter than heck in here.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15164",
"author": "Console Athletics",
"timestamp": "2006-05-26T18:14:31",
"content": "What do you people need with all these servers? I mean ok, i have my pc, my lap and a spare comptuer.. fits in the closet. I dont get why you need 18 42u racks..what do you use them for?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15161",
"author": "giskard",
"timestamp": "2006-05-30T16:44:02",
"content": "for the same reason we need the sentry gun that was posted a week or so ago: because it’s cool and we can!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15162",
"author": "Metalwolf",
"timestamp": "2006-07-04T03:46:51",
"content": "plus you could make a super computer.“sweet, solitare on a military ranking supercomputer!” :P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15163",
"author": "HaX80r",
"timestamp": "2006-08-04T20:54:13",
"content": "Sweet! I have a pile of rack mount hardware, including a 150-pound ups. I’m gonna try this.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15189",
"author": "Reinhardt",
"timestamp": "2007-10-06T16:33:21",
"content": "agree, not very useful for the home user but nice anyway.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "77480",
"author": "67comet",
"timestamp": "2009-06-07T02:16:12",
"content": "I found my way here looking for ideas on how to arange my computers. I’ve got “several”, and not just to make a super computer but because I’ve got a web server, movie server, media server and a client hooked up to each TV to watch shows on. I’ve also got back up machines for the important ones. None of my stuff is “rack” mountable, so I’m looking for ideas.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "114590",
"author": "JDuke",
"timestamp": "2010-01-03T06:30:52",
"content": "I built a $50 server rack out of 2x4s. I designed it in Google sketch-up. I have a video and some plans on my blog. I had fun building it. I just added a 16 port Cat5e patch panel and a little bit better wiring. Its to cold outside to keep going on it. Check out my blog posting @http://missionduke.com/2009/11/i-needed-a-server-rack-so-i-made-one/This video is in a later post @http://missionduke.com/2009/11/finished-the-custom-server-rack/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "169275",
"author": "Ruben Edeline",
"timestamp": "2010-08-16T23:02:29",
"content": "I think I’ll buy one and mount my recording equipment (amplifiers, equalizers, cd,…) in it an put it under my desk.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2005/12/01/snes-super-fx-overclocking/
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SNES Super FX Overclocking
|
Eliot
|
[
"home entertainment hacks"
] |
[] |
marshallh from the benheck.com forums has managed to overclock a Super FX chip. The Super FX was an extra graphics processor included in some Super Nintendo games. Using this chip, games like Star Fox were able to handle polygons and intensive sprite scaling. marshallh removed the 21.4Mhz ceramic resonator from a Vortex cartridge and replaced it with a 24Mhz oscillator and a couple caps. The result is a smoother frame rate and minimal slow down with multiple enemies.
[thanks vb_master]
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{
"comment_id": "15160",
"author": "genome",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T19:12:14",
"content": "This is neat, just wish someone figured this out a decade or so ago!Extra cool points for solving a 8 year old problem!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15159",
"author": "jamil",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T20:29:50",
"content": "wow, thats slick. i guess thats doable on the first fx chip in star fox? it would awesome to have a better framerate on that game…hmmm….in other news…look at what got dugg:http://digg.com/mods/SNES_Super_FX_overclockingnotice the stuff in quotes…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15158",
"author": "CYRIX",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T22:46:32",
"content": "hackaday needs a copyright or something so you can take action against digg and such.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15157",
"author": "anonymous",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T02:47:52",
"content": "Hmm… Better install liquid cooling before they try for 30mhz.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15156",
"author": "ALBERTPACINO",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T03:12:38",
"content": "Hi all,I am the one who submitted this story to digg, sometimes i cant directly link to hack-a-day for the reason that diggers do not like undirect links but i always mention in the comment that the story was from hack-a-day and posting a back link to hack-a-day.But still most of the stories i submit from hack-a-day i link them directly to you, you may ask why? well cuz i know hack-a-day founder/admin are diggers them selfs and they them self post links on hack-a-day poniting out clearly that they were from digg, but most importantly is giving credit back to you guys.i will show you some hack-a-day diggs of mine.http://digg.com/technology/Hacking_an_LCDhttp://digg.com/technology/Total_Christmas_light_controlhttp://digg.com/science/Hack_A_Day_On_Hacking_sleepThere are much more but its hard to get them all since i have more then 2000 stories.I am much of a fan of hack-a-day then maybe hack-a-day itself.You have to also understand my position as a digger, we have a list called “top diggers” i happen to be #1 on that list which i wish it will be removed some day, i have a huge burden on my shoulders in the stories i submit in the content i submit, i am 28 years old and digg for me is a passion, its like loving a women you never met (if you know what i mean).I hope you understand my point and forgive me for my wrongs.in life we say live on, on digg we say digg on!-Al",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15155",
"author": "ALBERTPACINO",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T03:17:01",
"content": "2 more here, and there are many more in my digg profile…http://digg.com/technology/All-weather_WiFi_enclosurehttp://digg.com/technology/PIC_based_iPod_remote_control",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15154",
"author": "Crystaldark",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T07:12:20",
"content": "Someone was selling one of these on ebay about 3 weeks agoold",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15153",
"author": "Z",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T14:42:15",
"content": "“i have a huge burden on my shoulders”then just stop it…You sound like a person on th Dr. Phil show.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15152",
"author": "smilr",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T20:07:45",
"content": "Seriously – post an indirect link, don’t just copy the content from Hackaday. So DIGGers don’t like indirect links, so what? Their outrage at an indirect link doesn’t excuse you for violating the Hackaday submitter’s copyright. If you want to give the DIGGers a direct link to the article, then write your own summary.If posting to DIGG is such a big part of your life, learn to do it correctly.As for the SuperFX chip overclock – that seriously rocks. I can’t wait to dig my snes out of storage and see if this can be duplicated on a Starfox cartridge.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15151",
"author": "rexdart",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T11:45:44",
"content": "As the site says, it can’t be done on starfox because it uses a different chip with the clock integrated rather than on-board.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15150",
"author": "vb_master",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T17:13:35",
"content": "Crystaldark wrote “Someone was selling one of these on ebay about 3 weeks agoold”Um, that was probably a overclock NES. This is an overclocked cartridge for SNES.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15149",
"author": "Shady_1",
"timestamp": "2005-12-19T11:36:20",
"content": "Interesting concept, however, I have since one upped that! I have overclocked the FX chip in “Dirt Trax FX” from the traditional 21.4 MHz to 40 MHz… Imagine that! Works great too. For pics e-mail me at ([email protected]) By the way, Super NES rox!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2005/11/30/hack-a-day-extra-8/
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Hack-A-Day Extra
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Eliot
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"Uncategorized"
] |
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We’re a Top 100 Folding@HOME team
! Take that Tom’s Hardware Community! No, seriously, we are that
freakin
‘ huge now. I celebrated by buying some more hardware to fold with. You can find out more at the
Team Hack-A-Day Forum
. If you don’t know what this folding thing is all about, check the
team
wiki
. You could always drop by our long standing
IRC
channel, #
hackaday
on
EFnet
.
On the topic of distributed projects. Did you see that someone was suggesting we could get
hacked by aliens through
SETI
@HOME
? Sure, first
SETI
would have to actually find something and by that point someone would have hacked it locally. Aliens’ computers are unfortunately
very similar to ours
though.
I wrote up
How-To: Stream almost anything using
VLC
for
Engadget
. I know I used the most basic method for streaming, but a lot of people really enjoyed it. Anybody else in love with this program? [Brent Norris] has some
Linux related
VLC
info
.
Slashdot
(and others) picked up our
XBox
360 post
. I had begun to think they had forgotten about us.
bunnie
is going to wait till 360s are easily available before buying one, but if you’
ve
got one that’s broken and not covered by warranty
he’ll buy it from you
.
Did you see
Llama
‘s entry
for
Joystiq
‘s faceplate contest
? His prep advice:
Painting tip, clean with alcohol before painting plastic. There are other sensitizers but alcohol works fine and is cheap and readily available. Disassemble everything completely, this means cutting plastic in some cases like the little doors on the face.
Kismet for Windows
It’s been bundled with all of the necessary
Cygwin
DLLs
so you don’t have to install
Cygwin
separately. [
steve
]
Podtropolis
HAS
RSS
feeds
. Maybe they’
ve
been there all along and I just missed it the first time around. [
yuro
]
Prince Rupert’s Drop
is created by dripping molten glass into water. The rapid cooling of the outside of the drop sets an
enormous
tensile stress in in the droplet. Hit the droplet with a hammer and it won’t break, but if you break a little bit of the tail the droplet will explode.
Here’s a video of Prince Rupert’s Drops
. [
Frogz
]
[Underwater
Spiderman
] noticed some weirdness while
playing with magnets around his Sony
Ericsson
Z600
.
FreeMAC
is an ambitious project to write
GPL
firmware for
Conexant
chipsets
. [
lekernel
]
Another
Christmas light controller
. Unfortunately lacking plans. [
sabre
]
[Sean
Shrum
]
upgraded the drive in
Iomega
‘s cheap
NAS
-100d
.
Tis’ the season to
harvest cheap LEDs from
Christmas
lights
. [
nate
]
Quick leather
RAZR
case
The engine used by
Lucasart
‘s adventure games has been ported for the
DS
:
ScummVM DS
. [
elg
0
nz
]
Robosapien
V2 mods
[
Manion
]
Simple
Skype
VoIP
adapter
[
lordofheat
]
Disassembly of a Dell DJ Ditty
[Auger
Duval
]
Office gun built from binder clips
[
tutejszy
]
Adding rubber grips to a
Treo
650
[
anonyomouse
]
It’s the time of year to give and [
Matt
Westervelt
] told us about
SeattleWireless
.net’s
Towertop
Node
fundraiser
. They are off to a great start. I am personally going to be
donating to the
EFF
this year.
Donate tips to us
.
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{
"comment_id": "15148",
"author": "jeanphe",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T09:52:33",
"content": "on that article about the scientist who claimed aliens could hack seti:how can this guy be a physicist and claim that this is remotely possible.section ‘.dataseg’ data writeable readablesection ‘.codeseg’ code readable executableanyone remotely programming in 32 bit x86pmode knows that executing binary in a datasegment makes a general protection fault.oh wait i forgot, “scientists” talk about creationism too.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15147",
"author": "anonymous",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T11:09:51",
"content": "Well, he is a particle scientist, you can’t really expect him to know how to program.Imagine that, turn lead into gold and you *still* can’t program that blasted VCR.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15146",
"author": "dr._Nathan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T15:14:48",
"content": "Rock on eliot! We’re always grateful to see some Team Hack-a-Day publicity on the site. I can’t wait to see the boost in team members this will bring!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15144",
"author": "oddsends",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T16:49:12",
"content": "Fix da linkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert's_Drops",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15145",
"author": "oddsends",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T16:53:44",
"content": "The filter has destroyed the link. Copy and Paste",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15143",
"author": "eyeliner",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T17:55:32",
"content": "w00t! I’ve joined folding also. Guess we gotta go for first then?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15142",
"author": "mercerg",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T18:20:27",
"content": "I used a speaker magnet on my K608i. If you pass it across the back of the phone it thinks the lens protector is open.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15141",
"author": "billytheimpaler",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T18:47:40",
"content": "Overclockers Australia produces about 20,000 points every hour. We produce about 3,700 points every hour. To make a run at first place we’d need to increase our output… by about 550%. At that point we would be producing at about the same rate. If we wanted to pass them we’d need significantly more processing power. If we wanted to pass them while I’m still young we’d need even more somewhere on the order of a 1500% increas over current rates.Nevertheless we’re definitely headed for a top 20 position. Does anybody have any good ideas on how to advertise/pimp THaD F@H?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15140",
"author": "Dr_nathan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T19:36:59",
"content": "Billy:Banner ad on Fark.com or some other site with high traffic?Banner ad on engadget.com? Ha ha!BTW, does anyone know what’s up with THaD.com?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15138",
"author": "roberto",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T20:41:25",
"content": "too many new people trying to sign up hopefully…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15139",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T20:53:09",
"content": "teamhackaday.com is down :(maybe too much bandwidth… come join the irc channel #hackaday on efnet with questions or comments, im sure the site will be back up ASAP. PocketLnt the admin has done a great job so far, but the site was on borrowed space… he may have gotten an inch and taken a mile, we’ll see.as for pimpage, I’d consider………maybe getting a digg.com article *cringes*and having all of us dig it to the front page.Then weve got the whole risk of kevin rose deciding to make a digg.com team…. which would probably be quite large and own our asses.I’m not gunna make the call.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15137",
"author": "Tired",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T22:27:31",
"content": "http://www.teamhackaday.comis back up!!!thanks pocketlnt",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15136",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T23:08:51",
"content": "Here’s your Digg:http://digg.com/science/Team_Hack-A-Day_enters_Folding@home_Top_100The @ symbol will probably break the link though",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15135",
"author": "Nephroth",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T00:21:20",
"content": "And for those of us who don’t want to install realplayer, watch the video from the browser, or would just like to download the video to keep, here is the real URL for the Prince Rupert’s drops video without all that streaming cock-blockery:rtsp://real.playstream.com/museumofglass/rupertdrop demo_bb.rm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15134",
"author": "Nephroth",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T00:23:45",
"content": "And for those of us who don’t want to install realplayer, watch the video from the browser, or would just like to download the video to keep, here is the real URL for the Prince Rupert’s drops video without all that streaming cock-blockery:rtsp://real.playstream.com/museumofglass/rupertdrop demo_bb.rm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15133",
"author": "lexr3000",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T00:40:01",
"content": "Its impossible, the aliens would have to sound encode the virus (after they programed it to run on a X86 based processor) and then beam it to a radio telescope it wouldnt happen…… ever",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15132",
"author": "Orwell84",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T01:10:52",
"content": "I am a hardcore supporter of the EFF..(Who isnt?)But I think that most people that enjoy the internet should donate. I plan to this holiday season.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15125",
"author": "BillytheImpaler",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T01:51:17",
"content": "http://pocketlntmakesmeemo.ytmnd.com/[warning: has sound}]Only that ytmnd can fully express my anguish. I’m gonna go cut myself while listening to Dashboard.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15130",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T01:58:04",
"content": "IMPRESSIVE! I feel the same pain.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15131",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T03:41:02",
"content": "okay, I want to install the folding@home on the home computer but my parents don’t want it on here. Is there any was to keep it low so that it won’t effect performance at all because even if I can get it on If it lags things up I’ll have to take it off.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15124",
"author": "BillytheImpaler",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T04:51:57",
"content": "Ez, set it up so that you say “no” to WUs over 5MiB. Then enter the advanced settings and tell it to use some low number for the CPU usage percentage. Use your judgement when choosing a percentage. 50% would be good but I like to use 75% befcasue I’m hardcore even when I’m trying to not lag the system.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15129",
"author": "danno888",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T05:09:50",
"content": "what happend to the teamhackaday website?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15127",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T05:14:07",
"content": "Thanks billy, I’ll try to get it up soon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15128",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T05:37:12",
"content": "actually for #20, it will not lag you system at all, as it runs at a ‘low priority’ task, so it will only use the processor when it is not being used by something else.If you are tight on ram (<512mb) then set no to big wu, but if you have ram a plenty then go ahead for the biggens...I have been running it for 95% proseccor usage on my laptop and descktop (1.6 ghz pm and a 2.6ghz p4 both with 512mb ram) for several weeks and the only way to tell if they are running is to open the task manager... And that is with the bug wus going.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15126",
"author": "DrPepper",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T06:53:29",
"content": "Yeah I haven’t had any slowdown at all using FAH it just uses idle cpu power…to help fight gnarly (in the bad way) diseases.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15122",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T07:12:33",
"content": "I have a 2.8Ghz celeron D with 512mb RAM so I’ll set it to like 80%",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15123",
"author": "Injulen",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T22:02:26",
"content": "zorz! I too am in love with VLC! I don’t use anything else to watch my DVDs and videos. Its pwnzorz. I still hadn’t figured out how to stream though, so thanks for that link!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15121",
"author": "ryan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T00:57:09",
"content": "as far as folding goes, I’ve resurrected an old Intel Celeron 500mhz 256mb RAM 6gb HD laptop whose screen had been destroyed by using remote desktop with XP to install a network card. Now it whiles away it’s days crunching numbers for the hackaday team :) nice peaceful way to go. also makes a nice space heater, that processor runs a little hot.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15120",
"author": "Andrew",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T03:19:28",
"content": "how the hell did installing a network card on remote desktop kill a screen (SUE MICROSOFT FOR BILL GATES!) lol",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15119",
"author": "greg",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T20:56:25",
"content": "as far as those LED christmas lights go, anyone know the specific nm wavelength of them?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2005/11/30/homemade-heat-pipes/
|
Homemade Heat Pipes
|
Eliot
|
[
"computer hacks"
] |
[] |
Heat pipes are used to passively transfer heat from one area to another. On pcs they’re usually found moving heat from the processor to large heatsinks on the case exterior. Heat pipes contain liquids that vaporize when heated. The vapor moves up the pipe and is cooled by the external heatsink. This transfer of heat cools the vapor and returns it to liquid form. The liquid then returns to the processor end of the pipe. This project involved building a heat pipe and charging it with R134a. While testing the pipe in a water bath the refrigerant is bled off till the pipe maintains a steady state of phase change. Even though performance could not match that of manufactured heat pipes, it’s still impressive.
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{
"comment_id": "15110",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-11-30T19:24:53",
"content": "In other news, Team Hack-a-Day broke into the top 100 Folding @ Home teams yesterday. Come check us out athttp://www.teamhackaday.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15109",
"author": "bird603568",
"timestamp": "2005-11-30T20:08:36",
"content": "NO grayskies you did it wrong thats to straight to the point. What you should ahve said was “Man these heat pipes would help my folding at home computer fold for team hackaday.”",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15108",
"author": "Jack",
"timestamp": "2005-11-30T20:32:16",
"content": "I just started at a refrigeration company a couple months ago, and since I haven’t taken any classes for it (I’m not out of highschool yet), I’m not always sure how everything works. But this seems like a great project for me to try, especially since I can borrow all the tools I’d need from work, and maybe get some advice on how to do it too. That being said, I’m definitely going to have two pipes because I think one of the reasons it’s not getting great results is that the warm 134a is warming up the cool 134a as it’s coming down. So just figuring out a way to keep everything seperate and going in the same flow would improve things a bit, hopefully there’s just a device that can be placed inside to keep the liquid from going back into the vapor. Or maybe it can be done by bending the pipe. In any case, should be fun.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15107",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2005-11-30T20:55:28",
"content": "oblig. slashdot crosspollination:IMAGINE A BEOWULF CLUSTER OF THESE FOLDING FOR HACKADAY!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15106",
"author": "Confused fishcake",
"timestamp": "2005-11-30T23:49:31",
"content": "If you could make one out of glass, that would look cool.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15105",
"author": "Joey Dale",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T03:33:06",
"content": "Hum, Glass at 85 psi. You can, but I don’t want to be around. BTW, want you go blind from a piece of glass slicing your retina, remember, Joey told you sooo.-Joey Dale",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15104",
"author": "LIp",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T04:52:07",
"content": "The only mistake I could see is that R-12 isn’t illegal, just wickedly expensive.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15103",
"author": "einstienbblo",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T05:10:11",
"content": "Maybe if we take a design consideration of the condenser for a moonshine still and make a “worm” of sorts and have a fan blow across it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15100",
"author": "ez",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T06:24:51",
"content": "With this a double heat pipe shoud be easy enough, just add another hole and pipe.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15101",
"author": "nevarmore",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T07:16:42",
"content": "“Hum, Glass at 85 psi. You can, but I don’t want to be around. BTW, want you go blind from a piece of glass slicing your retina, remember, Joey told you sooo.”Yea but then we’d see some bitching hacks for the blind, which have the added advantage of allowing the sighted to keep our vision on someithingelse while remaining productive with our hands.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15102",
"author": "monster",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T08:30:07",
"content": "jack, its a pipe within a pipe, so the hot is outside (i think) to radiate any heat it might want to, and the inner pipe is the cooled liquid.http://www.thermacore.com/hpt_animation.htmwould alcohol work?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15099",
"author": "dfr",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T13:47:51",
"content": "Go tohttp://www.dairyfarmradio.co.ukand tell every one about it, to make suggestions, [email protected].",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15117",
"author": "Davandron",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T17:03:58",
"content": "Just a side comment; that site is really old but a good starting point for those that are curiousI’ve been working on building my own heatpipes, hoping to offer custom sales on eBay. Using presurized freon/environ is an option, but its a poor one IMHO. My designs have been using alcohol and water mixtures under vacuum, same as the common industry, with a target of 45C holding temperature. A big part of my goal has been to include plastic tubing to make them flexible (and therefore of use to customizing designs).The *HARDEST* part is figuring out a way to seal the pipe with the contents under vacuum while not spending a ton on valves for each pipe. Without a doubt, most of my cost will go into that component.Anyone else been seriously looking at home-made heatpipes?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15116",
"author": "ed3",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T19:34:15",
"content": "What I like about this particular design is how it get’s the CPU heat completely outside of the computer case. Ducting can only go do far and more often than not one still ends up trying to cool the CPU with the hot air inside the case.IMHO, this is the direction more commercial heatpipes should go.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15115",
"author": "dennis",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T20:10:41",
"content": "One of my buddies handed me a project for his father’s company to build 10 low power, inexpensive PCs to drive industrial LCD panels. One of the requirements was the cases must be sealed or at least be resistant to getting hosed down. I’ve been looking at fanless motherboards, but they still produce enough heat that I need to make sure it exits the case somehow. So far all the custom heat-pipe solutions I’ve seen will cost a significant amount, more than the mini-itx mobos I plan on using. I’d like to take a crack at creating my own pipes.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15114",
"author": "...",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T03:53:40",
"content": "to #11, sealing it off without valves is not a very hard task…You just need use a piece of capilary tubing between the heat pipe and your vac equipment. One it is filled and evacuated, you take a torch and melt through the capilary tubing. The vacuum from the system sucks the molten tube into the pipe and forms a perfect seal.BTW, this is how refrigerators are sealed off.I am not sure how well it would work with plastic, you might end up having to attach a little bit of copper capillary tubing to the plastic to make it seal well enough…Good Luck!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15113",
"author": "Davandron",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T04:25:48",
"content": "To #13 DennisSerious Suggestion 1: I assume you’re using NEMA enclosures to make sure that you’re sealed. Depending on the internal space and wattage, you can mount some spare heatsinks to the *inside* of the metal enclosure walls with thermal adhesive. With each heatsink fan powered, you will dump quite a bit of heat into the case itself. Its also easy and cheap; and you can build one prototype to test.Heatsink sources include ebay for OEM style spares, or numerous industrial sources. The aluminum heatsinks used on “1/2 brick solid state relays” are typically very good.Serious Suggestion 2: consider using laptops with broken monitors as their overall power draw can be very low and they are already small.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15111",
"author": "acidrain",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T07:22:43",
"content": "I call BS. Someone didn’t sanity check his graphs.Why is the “cold side” DECREASING in temp as the hot side INCREASES? That heat has to dissipate somewhere, it should increase roughly at the same rate as the hot side, minues a little bit of heat due loss of efficiency.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15112",
"author": "jim sadler",
"timestamp": "2006-05-10T22:28:14",
"content": "I have built refrigerators and have never heard of melting a piece of cap tube to seal them. Frankly that doesn’t make any sense at all to me. After any refrigeration system is complete it is evacuated to the highest vacuum one can attain. Then it is usually filled with nitrogen for leak testing. After leak testing it is common to again achieve a high state of vacuum and then to fill the unit with freon through a shrader valve. The shrader valve stays in place forever. The unit is then run tested and leak tested again and then shipped. As for cap tubes one problem with them is that when they are installed solder easily flows and clogs them. This can set the stage for an explosion if the unit is charged and run with a clog in place.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15118",
"author": "Bob Barrett",
"timestamp": "2007-08-21T18:45:49",
"content": "What I would like to know is if I place a bundle of heat pipes that are capped with a schroeder valve and have a refrigerant injected can I reduce the temperature of the medea surrounding this bundle iffor an example I use an 8′ high bundle which has apvc pipe housing and sink it in the ground?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "42489",
"author": "JON S. HUSS",
"timestamp": "2008-09-19T06:03:09",
"content": "All I HAVE TO SAY IS YOU ARE ALL WRONG. I HAVE BEEN BUILDING HEAT TRANSFER DEVICES INCLUDING HEAT PIPES FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS FOR THERMACORE INC. AND YOU ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE. YOU CANNOT MAKE A PLASTIC HEAT PIPE BECAUSE PLASTIC IS PERMEABLE ANS THE PIPE WILL EVENTUALLY LOOSE IT VACUME NOT TO MENTION THAT IT WOULD HAVE CONTAMINENTS THAT OFF GAS MAKING YOUR PIPE USELESS. I WILL BE WRITING A DIY ON A BASIC 1/4 OD PIPE. FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "294292",
"author": "ejonesss",
"timestamp": "2011-01-01T16:41:08",
"content": "another update via research:while i was researching propane and green gas i foundhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Gasred gas is r22 refrigerant (freon).you cant get ahold of any cfc based gas without license (except for harvesting it from window ac units) however if you can get red gas legally from sports shop you can use that and it would be safer.the only catch is there may be a lube in the tank to lube the gun and i am not sure if that would cause damage to the system.",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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{
"comment_id": "294294",
"author": "ejonesss",
"timestamp": "2011-01-01T16:43:48",
"content": "sorry i posted it in the wrong place so you hack a day mods can deleted the above comment i meant to post to the other sectionhttp://hackaday.com/2010/06/15/recharging-ac-with-propane",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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https://hackaday.com/2005/11/29/floppy-drive-heliostat/
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Floppy Drive Heliostat
|
Eliot
|
[
"Misc Hacks"
] |
[] |
This is an ongoing project to build a heliostat from a floppy drive. Heliostats are used by solar arrays to track the sun. This mod uses the main logic board to control the head stepper motor. The board will power up with 5V and consumes 1Watt when the motor is running. There are a couple quirks to the motor operation since this a floppy drive; large head movements require a backtrack every so often. Luckily, this device doesn’t move too far or fast. Two sets of LEDs are wired on opposite sides of a reflective strip. They’re wired opposite each other so that the device will track back if it overshoots.
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{
"comment_id": "15098",
"author": "Simon",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T20:02:19",
"content": "W00t! First post!Cool hack, btw.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15097",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T20:08:12",
"content": "Site is pretty slow, maybe due to all our hackaday traffic…http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:FkBXvbTB7FkJ:abrij.org/~bri/hw/sunflop.html+&hl=en&client=firefox-aThere is a google cache or it if you can’t load the site",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15095",
"author": "Injulen",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T21:05:19",
"content": "Hey, thats really cool! I was just looking at one of these to buy in a magazine, and they can get pretty pricey. I’ve got tons of old floppy drives laying around, I’m gunna give this one a try.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15096",
"author": "Injulen",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T21:06:15",
"content": "Hey, thats really cool! I was just looking at one of these to buy in a magazine, and they can get pretty pricey. I’ve got tons of old floppy drives laying around, I’m gunna give this one a try.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15094",
"author": "amonkey",
"timestamp": "2005-11-30T02:09:06",
"content": "that’s cool, i’d like to see a hack about using floppy drive stepper motors for other stuff too. floppy drive sentry gun anyone?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15093",
"author": "duffman3030",
"timestamp": "2005-11-30T04:07:27",
"content": "well i have 2 questions.one: whats the point? what would you use something like this for?two: how do you use LEDs as photo detectors?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15092",
"author": "duffman3030",
"timestamp": "2005-11-30T04:17:15",
"content": "ok i know what its for now, but i still dont understand the LED as photodetector thing",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15091",
"author": "mike",
"timestamp": "2005-11-30T04:20:01",
"content": "#6: things like this are used to position solar panels so that they are always pointed towards the sun. this makes them more efficient.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15090",
"author": "Tns",
"timestamp": "2005-11-30T04:22:12",
"content": "Duffman, judging from the inward pointing arrows on the schematic, the LEDS are photosensitive. And here’s some information on heliostats:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliostat",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15089",
"author": "IMWeasel",
"timestamp": "2005-11-30T07:22:31",
"content": "Normally inward pointing arrows indicate a photodiode, not a light emitting diode. But in this case it looks to me like they actually are LEDs. It is a little known fact that normal LEDs can also generate a voltage (with extrememly low current) when light hits them. They work best when illuminated with the same color light they emit. So for a test just take a digital multimeter and connect a LED to the leads, and put it on voltage scale. Light another led and shine the light on the one connected to me meter. The meter should read a small amount of voltage.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15088",
"author": "skids",
"timestamp": "2005-11-30T09:54:46",
"content": "IMWeasel is right. LEDS are photodetectors are LEDs, just that photodetectors are optimized for that, and LEDs tend to create light that is in a useful visible range — though there are LEDs that are made especially for use with a corresponding IR photodetector. In some devices you’ll find the IR photodetectors even look like LEDs. (Speakers, motors, thermocoolers — lots of other stuff works backwards too.)However the multimeter reading will be off, FWIW. Multimeters generally have a input resistance somewhere around the 50K-100K and that brings the voltage down. The only way to know how many LEDs/detectors to stack up on a CMOS gate is to test them directly. With sunlight possibly you could get away with 1 yellow — I used two because as a night owl I needed to test on a lightbulb and one wasn’t cutting it.BTW, in case you guys want to know, so far you’ve chewed through about 2/3rds of the 1G filehigh bandwidth I offloaded the pictures to and there’s still > 1 hit a minute. You people really don’t sleep do ya :-) No worries. Next stop is photobucket.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "15087",
"author": "duffman3030",
"timestamp": "2005-11-30T17:58:45",
"content": "wow. learn something new every day.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15086",
"author": "Colin",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T04:32:42",
"content": "I wonder if the floppy drives motor would be powerful enough to move a solar array, im guess it would need a motor replacement…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15083",
"author": "Justin",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T06:58:47",
"content": "this is a cool idea, a good free way to track the sun! there’s thousands of old discarded floppy drives lying around the planet. I’m guessing A floppy drive motor would be hard pressed to move anything larger than a square foot unless you geared the motor way down. or You could hook the wires that that normally go to the motor to some relays or power transistors to drive a bigger motor… This would probably require a larger power supply or a battery.I have also been inventing some heliostats that use phototransistors or cds cells to determine the direction of the sun…not unlike the floppyostat. here’s the link if you want to check it outhttp://www.heliotrack.com",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15084",
"author": "the druid",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T18:56:42",
"content": "That is a pretty cool idea. I can think of many uses for a heliostat made from a floppy disk. You have enlightened me. Farewell my kindred spirits.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
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"comment_id": "15085",
"author": "Duane C. Johnson",
"timestamp": "2005-12-13T01:36:25",
"content": "Hi All;Technically what you are describing is not a “heliostat”.A heliostat re-directs light to a stationary and fixedreceiver. You are describing a single axis, or dual axisif you control 2 axes, solar tracker. You are attemptingto keep your receiver “normal” to the sun.I.e, always directly facing the sun.This is not called a heliostat.A heliostat redirects light to a stationary receiver.Furthermore the geometry between the sun, mirror, andreceiver constantly change throughout the day. OK, aspecial subset of heliostat geometries can redirect lightalong the polar axis and generally are called “Coelostats”.What you are describing is generally called a single axissolar tracker. You are using a stepper motor to effect themovement. This is laud able. I really admire your ingenuityI ‘m a member of a BEAM robotics group. I and Wilf Rigterhave described a super simple stepper motor solar trackerdriver for stepper motors. See:http://www.redrok.com/beamcircuits.htm#7e2This uses a single IC and 4 transistors.OK, double this for 2 axes.Some have asked about the use of LEDs as light sensors.This works very well. I use clear cased green LEDs a solarsensors. Green LEDs can produce about 1.7 volts. This is alot more than wimpy a silicon sensor. 1.7 volts candirectly drive CMOS logic gates without the use of OP-Amps.Cool huh?All semiconductor devices can act as light sensors.The voltage is defined by the “color” of the light.Einstein got a Nobel Prize for defining the relationshipbetween the color of the light and the resultant voltage.Called the Einstein photo electric equation.Silicon is about .55V.Red LEDs at about 1.25V.Yellow LEDs at about 1.4V.Green LEDs at about 1.7V.Blue just under 3V.These exotic semiconductors are not cheap. So they willnot be used in solar panels. However they work just fineas light sensors.Duane",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
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https://hackaday.com/2005/11/28/manual-focus-screen-for-a-digital-slr/
|
Manual Focus Screen For A Digital SLR
|
Eliot
|
[
"digital cameras hacks"
] |
[] |
Most modern digital SLR cameras use matte focus screens with their autofocus systems instead of the split circle manual focus screens found in non-digital SLR cameras. Although not factory endorsed, there are replacement manual focus screens which can be very expensive. Reader [Jan-Erik Skata] decided to save some money by salvaging the focus screen from a Miranda dx-3 film camera. Removing the screen proved extremely difficult and the Miranda would have been a total loss if it had been functional. Once out, the screen was sanded down, cleaned and then placed in a Canon EOS 300D. It’s hard to take a picture of the screen through the view finder to prove that it works, but I’m sure Jan-Erik is taking some great photographs having completed this upgrade.
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{
"comment_id": "15082",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T19:18:35",
"content": "Actually, my (film) N65 also leaves out the split-circle focus ring in favour of showing the AF sensor zones. I might try this hack, except that I couldn’t afford to replace my Nikon if I screwed it up.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15081",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T22:20:20",
"content": "this is pretty cool, although I couldn’t stand it with the huge scratch on it.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15080",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T02:03:40",
"content": "Yeah, a scratched focus screen would drive me nuts.I also had another thought: is there a way to get these focus screens without ripping apart an old camera? Granted, sometimes the ripping apart is halft he fun, but then you end up with big scratches on your new focus screen. I imagine there must be some supplier for camera repair shops or whatever where you can purchase these kinds of spare parts, but does anyone know of one?",
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"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15079",
"author": "JanErik",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T12:07:57",
"content": "Actually there are ready-made focus screens available fromhttp://www.keoptics.com/andhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/screen4DSLR/. Mostly for Canon, and they cost around 100",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15078",
"author": "Photodan",
"timestamp": "2005-11-30T07:50:51",
"content": "This hack really isn’t recommended because of the potential damage you could do to your original focusing screen. They’re ultra sensitive to scratching because they’re laser etched. Even a cotton swab can do a lot of damage.It’s also likely that the “new” screen will result in inaccurately focused pictures. The thickness/spacing of the screen is crucial to correct focusing.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15077",
"author": "Alan Anderson",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T17:14:24",
"content": "If you’re interested in performing this hack, You can buy a new focus screen from Katz Eye Optics athttp://www.katzeyeoptics.com/. You can also purchase new ones from Haoda Optical Research Group athttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/screen4DSLR/.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15076",
"author": "Big Ben",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T12:38:34",
"content": "Err…. there’s something wrong with the focus on your camera? I mean, I realize there is _NOW_, after the original focusing screen’s been removed. But there was before?I used to replace the split-image rangefinders in my SLRs with an entirely matte-surface screen. Focusing was much easier without that silly distracting split-image thing. I can’t imagine going the other way. But to each his own, I guess.Depending on the camera, this can be very destructive to its ability to focus — just a warning. The screen is all-matte for a reason.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15075",
"author": "tt",
"timestamp": "2006-07-29T17:02:43",
"content": "we have split focusing screen too. best quality at competitive pricehttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/screen_expert/",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "112960",
"author": "wii repair manual",
"timestamp": "2009-12-23T06:09:09",
"content": "Hello, I just thought I’d post and let you know your website layout is really messed up on the Firefox browser. Seems to work good in Internet Explorer though. Anyhow keep up the good work.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "124822",
"author": "googfan",
"timestamp": "2010-02-19T04:30:53",
"content": "That seems like a very scary thing to do. Those sensors are more delicate then hard drives.ok not quite, but i would never do that to my camera.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "134869",
"author": "Jamey Larousse",
"timestamp": "2010-04-07T23:41:24",
"content": "This is amazingly low cost for such camera.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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https://hackaday.com/2005/11/27/optical-adb-mouse/
|
Optical ADB Mouse
|
Eliot
|
[
"Mac Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] |
[] |
Here’s an easy hack compared to our usual craziness. Reader [Alex Dawson] was having issues with his Apple Pro Optical mouse. The new mouse had broken its USB cable connection internally due to insufficient strain relief. Cases for these mice are epoxied together and working on them is a one-way trip, never to return to their original state. He salvaged an ADB mouse and disassembled it with ease. The optical circuit board fit into the ADB case without any trouble. The button switch on both mice is exactly the same and almost in the same position. The optical sensor does not line up with the hole though. Once the ball ring was fused in place, Alex cut a new slot for the sensor. That’s all it took to end up with modern performance and old school flavor.
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{
"comment_id": "15074",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T19:38:47",
"content": "off-topic but: di anyone notice that psp linux site is down?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15073",
"author": "Wafermouse",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T19:56:39",
"content": "I was actually expecting to see an optical mouse with an ADB connection then :( Nevermind though, cool hack! :)Also: Yes, I did notice that the PSP Linux site was down. How much progress was made? I started looking into them when buying my DS piqued my interest in the new portables.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15072",
"author": "Matthew",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T20:28:07",
"content": "I noticed the guy’s leg was in one of the shots. The real man’s workbench is his lap. :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15071",
"author": "guy_incognito",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T23:03:50",
"content": "“I noticed the guy’s leg was in one of the shots. The real man’s workbench is his lap. :)”that makes using those pointy jeweler’s screwdrivers interesting. it’s a good thing he didn’t have to solder (ever get a big blob of molten solder on you?)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15070",
"author": "rtfm",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T00:32:58",
"content": "actually, he did use a soldering iron; last sentence of paragraph 4.But we all knew he was crazy to start with since he is using a mac…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15068",
"author": "Alex Dawson",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T02:29:13",
"content": "I did have to solder to fix the cable, but I did that at work on my office table :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15069",
"author": "usbcd36",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T02:36:07",
"content": "http://www.sewardweb.com/applepromouse/I suppose he never saw that site",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15067",
"author": "Alex Dawson",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T03:43:32",
"content": "usbcd36: No, I saw it. That page’s instructions still require cutting the mouse open and not restoring it to its original condition afterwards.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15066",
"author": "Derwin",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T04:40:32",
"content": "there should be a hack-a-day how-to for complete beginners like me…like how to solder!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15065",
"author": "Collin",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T06:09:25",
"content": "A lot like my hack :-Phttp://www.command-tab.com/index.php/apple-adb-mouse-conversion/Some nice plastic drill work on the bottom of the case! Awesome job!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15064",
"author": "Bradley",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T07:34:49",
"content": "Cool Hack. It’s Nice to see some Mac hacks on the site!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15063",
"author": "Quit Smoking",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T14:18:22",
"content": "Heh that’s pretty neat, don’t see much mac stuff here, especially oldschool stuff like that!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15061",
"author": "dummy",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T20:04:23",
"content": "The plural for a computer mouse is “mouses” not “mice”.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15062",
"author": "coreycubed",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T09:37:45",
"content": "No, I’m pretty sure it’s mice…Makes me wonder if I really did get rid of those ADB mice I had lying around the house from my first Performa 6116CD. Picked up a ADB to USB adapter for old-school flavor without the hack, but where’s the fun in that? :D",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15060",
"author": "qubits4",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T05:32:25",
"content": "really cool hacki was thinkin about taking my color classic and taking out the monitor, putting an lcd in it and putting the guts of a power pc g3 in it, mainly cuz i have nothing better to do =P",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
}
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