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Who knows if this works and should you really want to try to induce hallucinations by flashing colors in front of your eyes? But we do love the zaniness of the project. [Everett's] homemade hallucination goggles come in two flavors, the small swimming-goggle-type model and the heavy-duty trip visor made from welder's goggles. Each brings together the same components; a half ping-pong ball for each … [Read more...]
[Keba] not only asked Answeres.HackaDay.com, but also sent us an email as follows. "Can you make a basic guide to designing a good Command Line User Interface?" Wouldn't you know the luck, I'm currently working on a Command Line type interface for a project of mine. While after the jump I'll be walking through my explanation, it should be noted that the other replies to Answers.HackaDay.com … [Read more...]
We covet laser cutters and this diy model with a 1 Watt IR diode may be well within our price range. Most commercially available laser cutters, and some homemade ones, work in the 20-100 Watt ranges, using a CO2 laser. They have more than enough power to cut right through a lot of materials so how can a 1W diode compare? It seems that the weaker laser is still quite powerful right at its focal … [Read more...]
Our friend [Sprite_TM] took a look at the security of a code-protected hard disk. The iStorage diskGenie is an encrypted USB hard drive that has a keypad for passcode entry. After cracking it open he found that the chip handling the keypad is a PIC 16F883 microcontroller. He poked and prodded at the internals and found some interesting stuff. Like the fact that there is an onboard LED that … [Read more...]
[Madmanmoe64] has really done a fantastic job with this burglar alarm built into a zippo. He crammed a picaxe microcontroller, some IR LEDs, an IR sensor, a battery and various switches in there quite well. It almost closes perfectly, something we think he could remedy if it really bugged him that much. It has several modes, all initiated by a different sequence of button presses. There is … [Read more...]
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