Rfid Dartmail

dartmail

in a last ditch effort to avoid thesis work, tony tang and eric pattison hacked together dartmail, a ballistic file transfer protocol.

The head of the Dart contains an RFID tag. By waving the tag over the reader, the ‘shooter’ can attach a handle to any electronic file (located in a shared file system) to the dart. After being shot, the victim can pass the dart over his or her reader (although invariable this is a guy’s thing), and see the file on the screen.

in the video they also propose using the rfid file handle in the form of a business card.  but really, 9 out of 10 business contacts would just prefer the pleasantry of being shot with a dart.  thanks for the link b-rad.

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Homebrew Mac Mini Dock

mac mini dock hack

hackaday reader lazzwaldo writes:

I’m too impatient to wait for someone else to come up with this, so here’s a quick’n’dirty (working) prototype of a Mac Mini Dock so I can use it in my truck or Jeep as a CarPuter, then be able to unplug it and take it elsewhere.

It consists of milled aluminum stock (perforated for ventilation), ProPoxy formed around the connector ends, and soft/”female” velcro to give a firm but smooth slide on the sides.

What it doesn’t have is a good way to UNplug it yet; I will install a tug strap to be able to disengage it. All connectors are present except for the phone/modem line.

there have been concepts, but i believe this is the first ever real life mac mini dock.  nice job!

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Hackaday Links

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superhero makes car boot hack irrelevant [aienan]

ladyada (of minty mp3 fame) made a personal cellphone jammer called the wave bubble as part of her masters thesis.

i mentioned that a wifi jammer would also be neat.  here’s a link to a prototype that jams everything but your own connection. [simon]

make a hotplate out of old cyrix cpus [eakthekat]

david gould went on a hack rampage over the last week and sent in a kabillion hack links:
turn a hard drive into a set of wind chimes
a continuation on the BoingBoing DRM coffee machine hacks
mac mini hdtv hack
bluetooth enabled star trek communicator
fix bluespoon ax’s flashing led

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Tell Us Your Story

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i’m working on a hackaday podcast and it only seems appropriate that i hear from the hackaday community.  i’ve received some really great messages so far (thank you!), but i know there are a lot more of you out there.

i’d like to hear stories about your favorite hackers.  just call in and mention your favorite hackaday hacker and why you liked their project.  even better, tell us a story about someone or something that inspired you to become a hacker.  or tell us something else.  it’s up to you.

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