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i always get a kick out of companies using proprietary crypto in their products. hackaday reader b-rad writes,
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University and RSA Laboratories have demonstrated how too crack the encryption of a Texas Instrument RFID transponder used in many “immobilizer-equipped” car keys and ExxonMobile SpeedPass e-payment fobs.
the team was able to reverse engineer the protocol and … Read the rest
sure you can do it with linux on a powerbook, with an xp machine, or with a little mini-itx setup, but i figured an ancient 7mhz machine wouldn’t be nearly fast enough to be suitable for an auto mp3 player.
i figured wrong.
here’s a nice retro hack that brings together an amiga 600 and an opel astra. … Read the rest
another amiga auto mp3 player
see other hackaday transportation hacks
hurricade upgrade: modern use of joysticks that never worked right in the first place
microsoft wrote a nice little article titled “a parent’s primer to computer slang.”
Leet (a vernacular form of “elite”) is a specific type of computer slang where a user replaces regular letters with
remember greg the high voltage hacker that brought us the homemade night vision scope? one reader commented:
Greg is a great guy with a ton of ingenuity. He is an inspiration for all high-voltage enthusiasts, and is the only person i know to have constructed a working Tesla coil out of nothing but junk. He is a Class-A hacker!
i spent the weekend trying to come up with a design for a cheap, portable espresso machine. what i ended up with was a caulk gun actuated pvc tube contraption. you can read all about it over at engadget. several users have written that pvc is not approved for hot water use and may be dangerous, so i’d … Read the rest
more diy backpacking gear
an alcohol stove out of a cat food can
and how to feed the cats while you are off camping (another basic stamp project)
first ever geocamming scavenger hunt
when alt-tab just doesn’t cut it: a product that allows you to im in secret
nsa to be traffic cop for us networks? will they be … Read the rest
i found this link in my inbox, courtesy of j. peterson. we’ve posted a peltier beverage cooler before, but i think this one deserves mention as well. it hasn’t had the finishing touches, so it’s not as pretty yet. however, this one does come with a digital temperature readout. more importantly, it’s big. you could countersink a couple of … Read the rest
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