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[phantompinecone] has an electric mower that worked great for about 4 seasons, and then the battery started to die. A replacement was installed but it started being a pain after the first season. Since the battery was brand new (and probably costly too) there must be something else. Checking the brushes, which were fine, the next logical place was the switch.These mowers are just a battery, … [Read more...]
[Patrick McCabe's] latest offering is a well-built maze-solving bot. This take on the competitive past-time is a little more approachable for your common mortal than the micro-bot speed maze solving we've seen. Don't miss seeing the methodical process play out in the clips below the fold. The playing field that [Patrick's] robot is navigating is made up of a electrical-tape track on a white … [Read more...]
Calling Canada home, Hackaday reader [TheRafMan] has seen his share of bitterly cold winters. He also knows all too well how hard it is to get his cars started in the morning if somebody happens to leave the garage open. After the door was left open overnight for the second time this last winter, he decided that it was time to add an indicator inside the house that would alert him when the garage … [Read more...]
shackspace member [@dop3j0e] found himself in a real bind when trying to recover some data after his ThinkPad’s fingerprint scanner died. You see, he stored his hard drive password in the scanner, and over time completely forgot what it was. Once the scanner stopped working, he had no way to get at his data. He brainstormed, trying to figure out the best way to recover his data. He considered … [Read more...]
We generated the screen full of code seen above literally by bashing a hand on the keyboard repeatedly like a monkey. You know, just like how hackers are portrayed in the movies? Hacker Typer makes you look like you know what you're doing even though you're too lazy to do something real. It's a pointless website that's none-the-less worth a few moments of your time just for the sake of amusement. … [Read more...]
Remaking the first video game At the Revision 2011 demo compo, a museum project called [MEGA] won first place in the “Wild” category with their zero bit recreation of “tennis for 2”. Entirely made of analog electronics, the retro game completes its presentation on a round o-scope screen. You can see a video of it after the break. Mint-tin bicycle computer [Alexdlp's] … [Read more...]
If you're an avid Hackaday reader chances are that you immediately recognized [Matthias Wandel's] name. He's been featured many many times to go along with his many many talents. Most notably, his ability to do some amazing things with wood. But really, it's the idea that counts, and he seems to have a duffle bag full of them. [Rachel adn Justin] over at WonderHowTo recently published a full … [Read more...]
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