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Hackit: Your ultimate hacking workbench
via Hack a Day by Will O'Brien on January 20, 2008
Filed under: contests, misc hacksThis isn't quite a traditional Hackit, but I think you guys wi
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ShmooCon 2008: Intercepting GSM Traffic
via Hack a Day by Eliot Phillips on February 15, 2008
Filed under: consBack in August, [h1kari] presented an analysis of the A5 crypto spec used in GSM systems. Almost all GSM conversations in the US and Europe are encrypted using this standard. At the time they were still in the planning stages of building their rainbow table of shift register states. Today we heard an update on the progress. The whole space is 2^58 in size and would take a...
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Do math to turn off your alarm clock
via Hack a Day by Will O'Brien on February 18, 2008
Filed under: misc hacks[nickjohnson] sent in what might just be the most incredibly evil alarm clock ever. It's a fairly simple pic project with a PIC, LCD and input buttons. When the alarm goes off, you have to solve math problems before it will shut off. If you answer correctly, you make it stop. In my case, I'd probably add a mute button that can be held down while you do the math....
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Leatherman punch-down tool
via Hack a Day by Will O'Brien on March 10, 2008
Filed under: misc hacksI just spent a little time dropping in some new ethernet jacks in my workshop tonight and stumbled on this handy little leatherman mod. I used the real thing, but I don't usually keep one on me. [bluebomb] modded the giant redundant screwdriver on his wave to become a non-impact punch down tool.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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Grid enabled USB Microscope
via Hack a Day by Will O'Brien on January 29, 2008
Filed under: misc hacks, peripherals hacks[Jock] sent in this photo gallery showing a Lego Mindstorm automated microscope. I dug up the paper that was published about this hack to find out just what the idea was. It's a proof of concept showing off automated data collection - the Mindstorms are used to allow the intel QX3 microscope to take data over a grid area. It's an interesting idea...
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Cheap 360 degree head tracking
via Hack a Day by Will O'Brien on February 09, 2008
Filed under: home entertainment hacks, misc hacks, playstation hacks[Joel] sent in his efforts to build an inexpensive 360 degree head tracking display. He's using a Playstation six axis controller as the key to his helmet tracking system. The demo is short and to the point. He's using the usual Glovepie driver to provide the software interface and what looks like off the shelf hardware...
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Window unit turned PC Water cooler
via Hack a Day by Will O'Brien on February 11, 2008
Filed under: misc hacks, pcs hacksI almost passed this one up because it was shotgunned across a few blogs, but it would be a shame to pass up on a good hack. [Mike] decided to use a standard window AC unit to cool the CPU in his rig. The A/C unit was modified to place the evaporation coil inside a fish tank filled with glycol/water antifreeze coolant. To cool the CPU, he used a normal water...
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Shmoocon's coming
via Hack a Day by Will O'Brien on February 14, 2008
Filed under: consJust prepping up a bit before this spring's Shmoocon. Things will definitely be colder this round, so bring your cold weather gear if don't want to arrive in the form of a human popsicle. I'm a fan of Shmoo's organization tactics. Running several single session talks keeps me from missing one great talk to attend another. [h1kari]'s GSM talk promises to be...
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DIY 2.4ghz Spectrum Analyser
via Hack a Day by Will O'Brien on February 14, 2008
Filed under: wireless hacksThis project got some blog love last year, but it slipped past my radar. [jhecker] built a parallel port interfaced device based on a Cypress 2.4ghz transceiver module. The module is pretty complete, so as long as you can wield a soldering iron, you can pull this one off. The module is pretty cheap, so it could be just the thing for building your own signal...
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Add on-board light metering to your Nikon D40
via Hack a Day by Will O'Brien on February 27, 2008
Filed under: digital cameras hacksNikon didn't build a light metering chip into the D40. That's fine if you're using one of their auto lenses with the on-board chip. [Matt] decided to add a sensor to his camera and try it out with his manual lenses. His writeup is a bit challenging to get through, but if you're really into Nikons, you'll make it. He had to tap into the ribbon...
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