Last summer, we here at Hackaday participated in the Red Bull Creation Contest. Basically, twelve teams were given webcams and instructions to build something cool. The teams live streamed their build process, and the best of the bunch won a trip to the New York Maker Faire. [Jason Naumoff], the guy behind this build-off is doing it again right now. It's called The Deconstruction and it pits 50 … [Read more...]
The Keypad Contest
January 31, 2013 By 11 Comments
What can you do with ten buttons and ten lights? A lot. [Andrew] and [Nathan] found a collection of Hale Research keypads being thrown out, and decided to host the Keypad Contest. The goal of the contest was to create something nifty using the ten buttons and ten lights on the keypad, and an ATtiny2313 that replaced the original 8051-compatible microcontroller in the device. [Andrew] wanted … [Read more...]
Configurable RFID tag from 7400 logic chips
October 12, 2012 By 16 Comments
This soldering nightmare is a configurable RFID tag which has been built from 7400-series logic chips. The beast of a project results in an iPhone-sized module which can be used as your new access card for security systems that uses the 125 kHz tags. The best part is that a series of switches makes the tag hand programmable, albeit in binary. Of course this is an entry in this year's 7400 Logic … [Read more...]
Hackaday has won 1st place in the RedBull Creation contest!
August 1, 2012 By 55 Comments
The people have spoken. Hackaday has won the Redbull creation challenge by popular vote. Despite a few bumpy spots in the voting process, our project, the Minotaur's Revenge (gameplay footage around the 2min mark in the video), got the most votes from the public winning us $5000 for our hackerspace and a trip to the World MakerFaire in New York. Thanks to everyone who was able to actually … [Read more...]
Hackaday RBC team finished!
July 19, 2012 By 28 Comments
Our Project: "Minotaur's Revenge" We built two giant marble mazes. The maze itself is all mechanical, with a 2 person team controlling x and y axis. The fun happens though when you hit buttons to activate magnets and traps on the other team's table. Check out the Live Stream. Nothing is happening at the moment, but a couple of dedicated Hackaday fans are checking out an empty couch. We have … [Read more...]
The live streaming 72 hour build-off begins tonight!
July 19, 2012 By 2 Comments
Tonight at 6pm pst, the people at RedBull will be announcing the theme for the 72 hour build-off. We've cleaned our space, set up the cameras, and tried to get a good night's sleep. We're all ready to kick some ass and would love it if you would join in to watch and even chat with us during the build. You should be able to watch all of the teams at the red bull contest web site. Though you can … [Read more...]
Make a game for a retro console, win prizes
July 17, 2012 By 2 Comments
For all you old-school console hackers out there, there's a homebrew coding competition being held by NeoTeam for all the retro (and not so retro) consoles of yesteryear. If you've ever programmed for the NES, GBA, PC Engine, N64, or even the Dreamcast, now's your chance to write a game or app and hopefully win a small prize and a great deal of street cred. Last year, the Neo Coding … [Read more...]
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