HAS diy become CLICK and BUY?
We are living in great times for DIY, although ironically some of that is because of all the steps that we don’t have to do ourselves. PCBs can be purchased out easily and inexpensively, and the mechanical parts of our projects can be purchased conveniently online, fabricated in quantity one for not much much more …
SPOOKY COFFIN BELL SPOOKS PASSERS BY ON HALLOWEEN
Being buried to life isn’t fun, we imagine. concern of it led to the advancement of different security coffin concepts in the 18th as well as 19th centuries, as well as [Glen Akins] terrific Halloween prop riffs on that custom today. The security coffin was a basic option for those terrified that this may occur …
BUBBLE LIGHTS made from scratch
Bubble lights are mesmerizing things to watch, up there with lava lamps as one of the nicer aesthetic creations of the mid-20th century. [Tech Ingredients] made a decision to head into the lab to whip up some of their own design, taking things up a notch beyond what you’d typically find in a store. Bubble …
TWO MARS ORBITERS chatted FOR ATMOSPHERIC science
mission extensions for interplanetary robot explorers are usually continuations of their primary mission. but sometimes the hardware already on board are put to novel uses. European space agency has started using radio equipment on board two Mars orbiters to probe the Martian atmosphere. The scientific basis is straightforward: radio signals are affected by whatever they …
BLAST CHIPS WITH THIS BBQ LIGHTER fault INJECTION tool
looking to get into fault injection for your reverse engineering projects, but don’t have the cash to set out for the necessary hardware? fear not, for the tools to glitch a chip may be as close as the nearest barbeque grill. If you don’t understand what chip glitching is, perhaps a primer is in order. …
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UV RESIN PERFECTS 3D PRINT, but NOT how YOU think
At this point, everyone knows that the print quality you’ll get from even an entry level UV resin printer far exceeds what’s possible for filament-based fused deposition modeling (FDM) machines. but there’s a trade-off: for the money, you get way much more build volume by choosing FDM. So until the logistics of large-format resin printers …
ANGEL investor gives open source PNP A massive increase
We love it when an open source hardware project grows up and turns into a sustainable business, bootstrapped with nothing but hard work and great ideas, but it’s a really difficult prospect to do it using your own money, ploughing the profits from any sales back into development and not taking a dime in wages …
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LAPTOP empty space filled with RS485 and POE
Out of all the laptop upgrade options typically available, you wouldn’t expect this particular one. [controlmypad] chose to take a part of his RS485 device programming workflow and put it inside of a spare laptop he picked up for cheap. Typically, he’d occupy some desk space and lay out an unwieldy combination of a USB-RS485 …
BACK-TO-BACK BELTS DRIVE FILAMENT IN THIS distinct EXTRUDER design
It’s difficult to state when motivation will strike, or what type it’ll take. but we do understand that when you get that itch, it’s a great concept to scratch it, because you may just end up with something such as this amazing new design for a 3D printer extruder as a result. Clearly, the world …
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HACKING IS HACKING
Tom Nardi as well as I had a great laugh this week on the Podcast when he compared the ECU hacks that enabled turning a VW with steering help into a self-driver to a hack last week that customized a water cooler to fill a specific cup. however it’s really no joke — a few …