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ah, fresh hackaday links – i’ve missed you so.
i’d like to a send a big shout out to our new hackaday conspirator, vince. with this new hackaday upgrade, you can expect hackaday links more regularly, twice as many howtos and hackaday originals, and 50% of the posts will come with better humor.
vince will also be driving solo here … Read the rest
this site shows you how to jack in to the gps receiver inside any gm onstar system. it’s as simple as soldering a up a serial cable. you can then connect to it and either run some gps diagnostic software, or switch the device to nmea mode so that you can use it with your gps mapping software in your … Read the rest
i recieved an email from owen the other day:
fellow hackologists may be interested in a year and half long project of mine to build a computer controlled sheet metal cutting system. It uses a 100 watt CO2 industrial laser.
there are some videos on his site showing the co2 laser milling machine in action. it’s absolutely fantastic. just the … Read the rest
the new psp game wipeout pure apparantly comes with a full featured web browser that is used to download updates. normally it’s restricted for that purpose alone, but roto sent me a line this morning saying that it could be hacked to function as a general web browser with a little dns trickery.
just point the psp to a nameserver … Read the rest
you’ll have to pardon me while i wax anthropomorhpic for a moment. why is it that robots, designed or imagined, always exist solely to fulfill a purpose or pleasure for human beings? don’t they have feelings too? maybe it’s about time we made some robots whose sole purpose is to hook up with other robots, get a little freaky, and … Read the rest
this hack is a prime example of how to make something useful out of something useless.
the $1 teleprompter:
1 clear cd case cover
6 cd cases
scotch tape
just set this contraption on top of a laptop screen and the clear cd cover reflects the laptop screen in your direction. your webcam is positioned just behind the cd … Read the rest
you know summer is coming when hackers start crawling out from winter hibernation, desiring nothing more than to burn things. not satisfied with a magnifying glass, this project’s author created a 6′ x 4′ parabolic reflector that uses 112 mirrors to direct the sun’s rays at a single point… Read the rest
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