Building new interfaces with an iPad

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There's a word - synchronicity - to describe two disparate events that occur together in a meaningful way. We see this a lot in the Hackaday tip line; two people send in somewhat similar hacks solving similar problems in similar ways nearly simultaneously. Here's two builds by [Bryce] and [spektakx] that hit our inbox within minutes of each other that both implement existing interfaces with … [Read more...]

Miniaturized N64 controller fits the tiniest of hands

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The controllers that came with the Nintendo 64 don’t exactly measure up to the “Duke” of Xbox fame, but they’re not the smallest in the world either. Made by Bacteria forum member [Bungle] says that his girlfriend has incredibly tiny hands, so he thought he might try trimming some of the fat from an N64 controller by cramming its components into an N64 cartridge. He tore down a … [Read more...]

Slow motion destruction of random things

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Though we can't really tell you how this is hacking related, we've always shared random videos of stuff getting destroyed with you. Invariably someone in the comments goes on a rant about how wasteful and/or dangerous it is. This clip, from a Danish TV show called  Stupid and Dangerous, fits that description quite well. It is also freaking awesome. We're really not sure what draws us to these … [Read more...]

Sassy disco bots of the 80s

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Surely, this is a glimpse into the future. No? Ok, its a glimpse into 1983. A small chinese fast-food restaurant in California put two 4.5 foot tall, 180 pound robots to work delivering food. Tanbo R-1 and Tanbo R-2 were their names and delivering food was their game. At least, when there wasn't radio interference or their batteries were running low.  They were built to deliver food to the tables … [Read more...]