Month: June 2005

Hackaday Links

June 11, 2005 by 29 Comments

Links

hello readers! I hope you are all doing very well. The heat here in Philadelphia has just been absolutely killer. I think that if we’re doing any hacks, it should be a nice way to keep cool!

The next hackaday postcast will be out in June. I can let you guys know that much for sure.
And someone sent me the idea of a hackaday meetup. I like the idea. Leave a comment if you’re in Philadelphia/Near Philadelphia, tomorrow I’ll be asking about other cities of course.

Wake up with some coffee made from a popcorn maker. [mike]
Hated physics? Skip ahead. Like Physics? Read forward my friend. [arnold]
My kind of hack! Old Apple ADB ball mouse into a spankin new optical mouse! [joe]
Make a USB sega saturn pad from scratch. The best system ever too.
Public internet anonymity made easy. This one is really useful and creative. Nice work.

XXL shampoo. Now this is a first. [Simon]
PSP owner? Want to actually use that wi-fi? Make a wi-fi antenna for your psp.

I leave you guys with possibly the best hack ever. Remember Zoolander and how Derek had that tiny phone? Well…now you can make one yourself (MAGNUM!!!!)

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DIY Frozen Drink Machine

June 10, 2005 by 22 Comments

slush machine

Here’s something cool and refreshing just in time for the weekend and that wild Flag Day celebration you were planning. This is similar to the margarita machine that was circulating last month. They’re both based on garbage disposals. fixer’s design uses an external return pipe. It also uses a 4-gallon stock pot instead of the giant plastic drink cooler. I’m guessing this made attaching the garbage disposal a lot easier. Mentally you still have to overcome the fact that you’re drinking out of something that was originally intended to process waste, and a plastic drain pipe coming out of a chip board box isn’t going to make that any easier to stomach. He says it works great, but the lack of insulation probably means that it doesn’t stay frozen very long. It would be cool if I could turn that dewar we had back on the farm into one of these, wait

Hackaday Links

June 10, 2005 by 7 Comments

Links

hey guys, hope all is well in this wicked heat! eliot did a very nice week in review and it should be checked out. also, thanks for everyone wishing me to get better with my teeth. i got them pulled out yesterday morning and 90% of the pain is gone already and i’m even able to eat french fries and stuff like that. i am still a bit out of it though so i’m giving you guys 5 awesome links that you should enjoy. tomorrow i should be back to normal enough and i’ll be working on the next howto. so thanks again for your concern eliot, jason, and all you readers out there. i really appreciate it.

make yourself a usb cigarette lighter! [joe]

barstool racing. forget boxcars, this is whats up. [prozack]

iChat on your television, if your monitor goes i suppose.

this is awesome! make your own fog machine!

NES controller now on usb! stylin! [brad604]

Thanks for bearing with the short links people, keep reading and next week be on the lookout for the CVS camcorder!

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This Week In Reverse

June 10, 2005 by 22 Comments

zayitz wallpaper

[zayitz]

Hey folks this is Eliot. I know when I got my wisdom teeth pulled I didn’t want to do anything; So, I’m hoping Vince is going to take it easy today.

Things have gotten pretty heated in the comments recently and I wanted to address some of the things brought up. Just so you don’t get bored I’ve included all of the wallpapers that have been submitted so far. Click on the images to get the full size versions. The following isn’t going to be all bureaucratic drek.  I’ve included other interesting links that have appeared during the week. Here we go, starting at the end and working back towards the beginning.

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Quadrature Optical Encoder Built From A Mouse

June 9, 2005 by 13 Comments

mouse salvage

Everyone has at least one extra mouse laying around; why not get some use out of it? Disassembling the mouse you can get two optical encoders plus four infrared emitter/detector pairs. Then you can reassemble your new sensors into a quadrature incremental optical encoder. You’ll be able to tell how much the sensor has rotated and by comparing the signals from the two IR pairs you can also determine the direction. These cheap devices would be good for keeping track of robot wheel movements or doing absolute positioning telescopes.

[thanks joelanders]

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DIY Recumbent Bicycle

June 8, 2005 by 14 Comments

recumbant bicycle

Bill Dudley built this recumbent out of a 20″ bmx bike and a 27″ bike that he found on the side of the road. The only specialized part used was an idler from a commercial recumbent. Bill says the most difficult part was constructing a comfortable seat. It apparently works pretty well; He’s completed several metric centuries (100km/63 miles) on it. I think the first recumbent I ever saw as a child was the BEHEMOTH, which is in class of its own.

[thanks Bill]

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