This beer bottle includes recorded audio etched into the glass. but you certainly won’t find half an album included with your next sixer. This is a one of a kind item that took a team of engineers to craft. The idea comes from Phonographic Cylinders invented by [Thomas Edison]. Analog audio was etched into cylinders made […]
DON’T depend on YOUR HARDWAREDON’T depend on YOUR HARDWARE
I wasn’t able to see David Maynor’s “You are the Trojan” (pdf) talk at Toorcon, however it’s a truly fascinating subject. With such a big emphasis being put on tightening perimeter safety with firewalls as well as IDS systems exactly how do attacks keep getting through? The user: bringing laptops on site, linking house systems […]
800 X 600 VGA WITH THE STM32F4800 X 600 VGA WITH THE STM32F4
Generating VGA is a perennial preferred on the Hackaday suggestions line, as well as it’s not difficult to see why. Low-res video games, of course, however sending all those pixels out to a screen is really a quite difficult accomplishment of coding. the very best many job have achieved is the original VGA standard, 640×480. […]
I keep MY TUNES IN AN AMMO CANI keep MY TUNES IN AN AMMO CAN
Calling this a grow box is at least somewhat ironic. instead of high explosives it now brings high decibels in its new life as a self-contained noise system. Despite the conspicuous power cord a peek inside exposes a huge sufficient battery to keep the tunes playing for hours on end. [King Rootintootin] kept the expense on […]
THE OLDEST known SURVIVING PC operating SYSTEMTHE OLDEST known SURVIVING PC operating SYSTEM
You’ll all be familiar with the PC, the ubiquitous x86-powered workhorse of desktop and portable computing. All modern PCs are descendants of the original from IBM, the model 5150 which made its debut in August 1981. This 8088-CPU-driven maker was expensive and arguably not as accomplished as its competitors, yet became an instant commercial success. The […]
HALL effect limit switches FOR A 3D PRINTERHALL effect limit switches FOR A 3D PRINTER
We’re used to thinking of limit switches as a mechanical device that cuts the motor connection before physical damage can occur. [Anthony] decided to try a different route with this project. He built this set of no-contact limit switches using a hall effect sensor. The small black package sticking out past the end of the […]
UFO-LOOKING RGB LED RC airplane LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT, utilizes ALL THE ACRONYMSUFO-LOOKING RGB LED RC airplane LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT, utilizes ALL THE ACRONYMS
[Roballoba] decided to integrate his like for RC planes, things that light up, as well as photography, as well as we’re glad he did. He shares his technique in this Instructable for illuminating a bare styrofoam replacement fuselage for a Parkzone Stryker RC plane. There are many more amazing photos there as well. He utilized low-tack tape […]
HACKADAY LINKS: THE LAST one of 2014HACKADAY LINKS: THE LAST one of 2014
The man behind the Microslice, a tiny Arduino-controlled laser cutter, has a new Kickstarter out. It’s called the Multibox PC, and it’s exactly what you need if you want to turn a Raspi, Banana Pi, HummingBoard, or Odroid U3 into an all-in-one desktop. 14″ 1366 x 768 LCD, and speakers turns dev boards into a respectable […]
ONE method TO get RID OF THAT FLUORESCENT BUZZING noiseONE method TO get RID OF THAT FLUORESCENT BUZZING noise
tired of the persistent hum his fluorescent desk lamp made, [Andres Lorvi] decided he had to repair it. as well as by fix, we mean get rid of altogether. He liked the lamp though so he decided to convert it to LED — that method he’d save some money on electricity too! Besides wanting to […]
RACING TELEMETRY ON A COCKPIT viewRACING TELEMETRY ON A COCKPIT view
[Martin] has a Lotus Elise and access to a track. sounds like fun, huh? The only problem is that the dashcam videos he makes are a little bit boring. Sure, they show him flying around the track, but without some sort of data it’s really hard to improve his driving skills. After thinking about it […]