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Google has announced that it will be sponsoring a $20,000 prize at the 2011 CanSecWest Pwn2Own Contest. $20,ooo will be given to the first person to escape Chrome's sandbox through Google-written code in the first day. If researchers are unsuccessful on the first day, then days two and three will be opened up to non-Google-written code. In addition to the cash, there is also a Google … [Read more...]
Well, no. Many of us who went to school and have degrees in various computer related fields instantly think of ENIAC as the first "computer", but we're all wrong. We know some of you are already familiar with the Atanasoff-Berry computer, and we are too... now. However, when we learned about it, it was long after our school lessons were over, and it felt like learning Santa wasn't real, or the … [Read more...]
With many modern cars coming equipped with an array of ultrasonic sensors mounted in the bumpers, it stands to reason that many junk yards have them too. [jimk3038] points out that, unless they're crushed, they're probably good. The list of features on these is pretty long, including being short proof, water proof, EMF proof and fast. These tough little suckers can be used in a multitude of … [Read more...]
[dafonso] purchased a nice 1500W smoker but was somewhat dismayed that it only had one cooking temperature. To compensate he designed his own PID control system which allows him to set the cooking temperature digitally. At the heart of the system is a PICAXE 18 micro which switches the smoker on and off using a solid state relay. Rather than testing the 110V system on the smoker itself … [Read more...]
Apparently Pentax DSLR cameras have a remote shutter option that used infrared signals. [Pies for you] gathered up several different hacks and built a method of triggering the camera using custom audio. He put together the dongle above, just a headphone extension cord and two IR LEDs, which plugs into the headphone jack of any audio device like an iPod or an Android phone. When you play back a … [Read more...]
Attention Students: Living your life with a devil-may-care attitude will soon come to an end... But while you're at it, take the summer away from your normal school's-out activities to hack together something cool while tricking family into thinking it's good for the career. That link will take you to Waterloo Labs' announcement that they're hiring four paid interns this summer. You'll need … [Read more...]
[Ndsit] is having a party and wanted to liven up the place with some blinky lights. He's a bit new when it comes to hobby electronics, and although we'd highly recommend inviting some resistors to participate, the LED matrix that he built is very nice. It's 8x8, it's big, and (as shown in the clip after the break) the lights seem to hover in midair. That's because he didn't use a substrate to make … [Read more...]
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