If you’ve got an extra grand laying around, you can pre-order one of [nortd]‘s touchkits. It features a unique custom made acrylic screen with a crap ton of IR LEDs embedded in it. An included IR camera provides the input and a projector (you get to supply your own) is used to light the surface. We mentioned this in … Read the rest
Touchkit – IR multitouch screen
July 8, 2008 By 11 Comments
Microwaving RFID cards
July 8, 2008 By 9 Comments
Buzzsurf microwaved an RFID card so you don’t have to. Pointless, but real, unlike those piles of $20s.
[via Synaptic Seepage]… Read the rest
Nokia Haptikos patent application reveals its technology
July 8, 2008 By 3 Comments
We’ve been waiting for more information on the Nokia Haptikos, the haptic feedback touchscreen announced last October and largely forgotten until now. We knew that it would be a device that could raise sections
of its touchscreen to simulate the feel of buttons or keys, we just weren’t sure how Nokia would pull that off.
Now we have a better … Read the rest
Guide to creating small planets
July 8, 2008 By 9 Comments
We at Hackaday often dream of having our own personal planets where we wouldn’t have to deal with other people, but our spaceships aren’t quite ready. While we figure that out, you can do the next best thing: render small planets using Photoshop or GIMP with a few other graphics apps and this guide to making small planets like the … Read the rest
Lively, Google’s stab at Second Life
July 8, 2008 By 10 Comments
Google has just released their own avatar based social arena a la Second Life, which is called Lively. It will require a client download and install like the popular MUD, but after that it can be accessed via IE and Firefox.
Lively allows user to create their own online spaces that can include natural or human-built settings and customize … Read the rest
Major DNS issue causes multivendor patch day
July 8, 2008 By 3 Comments
Earlier this year, our friend [Dan Kaminsky] discovered a major DNS issue that could allow hackers to compromise name servers and clients easily. The vulnerability involves cache poisoning, and [Kaminsky] plans to publish the full details of the vulnerability on August 6th. However, he has already begun his work to control it, alerting major authorities early on of the vulnerability. … Read the rest
Pedal powered Panzer tank built for crashing parties
July 8, 2008 By 6 Comments
A group from Philadelphia PA calling themselves Team pzkpfw decided to recreate a Panzerkampfwagen III, but not entirely according to the original specs. Instead of treads and an engine, they used a system of pedals, gears and chains powered by up to six riders. The team of roughly nine men spent eleven days welding beams and plates, drilling and … Read the rest
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