oh yes folks, just what you've always wanted. the foxblocker is a little piece of metal that screws into your coaxial cable on the back of your television (or cable box) and will block out the news channel, FOX News. this is a very interesting concept because in theory, you could start to daisy chain these together and filter out whichever stations you wanted. i think it'd be fun to see these made … [Read more...]
hackaday links
March 31, 2005 By 3 Comments
wow, such heated debate! the fox blocker is what's called a band-stop filter. you can make your own and block whichever cable frequency you wish. sidenote: in the old days, cable companies would screw a few of these on your line to block premium channels that you hadn't paid for. good samaritans would occasionally crack open the cable box and remove all the filters for everyone on their … [Read more...]
learn to rock on dreamcast
March 30, 2005 By 35 Comments
let me ask you something. haven't you ever wanted to build your very own guitar amp out of an old video game system? of course you have. well now you can start out with the dreamcast guitar amp. basically, it's pretty easy, doesn't require any soldering, and takes a lot of patience. if you dare attempt this rockin project, read on. … [Read more...]
hackaday links
March 30, 2005 By 6 Comments
ah, fresh hackaday links - i've missed you so. i'd like to a send a big shout out to our new hackaday conspirator, vince. with this new hackaday upgrade, you can expect hackaday links more regularly, twice as many howtos and hackaday originals, and 50% of the posts will come with better humor. vince will also be driving solo here for a little while once my wife gets her act together and … [Read more...]
gm onstar hacking
March 29, 2005 By 25 Comments
this site shows you how to jack in to the gps receiver inside any gm onstar system. it's as simple as soldering a up a serial cable. you can then connect to it and either run some gps diagnostic software, or switch the device to nmea mode so that you can use it with your gps mapping software in your car pc. if you've got an onstar system but aren't paying for the service this might be just … [Read more...]
HOWTO: put linux on a ZipIt handheld
March 28, 2005 By 19 Comments
AiboHack of all places has come up with quite an interesting hack. Turns out someone actually can make good use of the $100 ZipIt Instant Messaging device. The ZipIt (in case you didn't know) has built-in 802.11b WiFi, a really cheap 320x240 LCD screen, and the ability to IM with MSN, Yahoo!, and AOL Instant Messenger. Groovy, but what good is this to us if we don't have a WiFi spot to use? Not … [Read more...]
cut sheet metal with your homemade laser
March 27, 2005 By 22 Comments
i recieved an email from owen the other day:fellow hackologists may be interested in a year and half long project of mine to build a computer controlled sheet metal cutting system. It uses a 100 watt CO2 industrial laser.there are some videos on his site showing the co2 laser milling machine in action. it's absolutely fantastic. just the control system itself is pretty intense. if you are … [Read more...]
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