Hackaday Links: July 31, 2011 Indestructible earbuds We’re still waiting for our [Lt. Uhura] style earbuds. But until then, can we interest anyone in a set that will stand up to some abuse? Solder Pot Scavenger [Felicitus] says we should get a solder pot and use it to scavenge for parts. His method looks pretty easy and [...]
AVR programmer modelled after the MkII – uses LUFA Here’s a new option for building your own AVR programmer. It’s called the MkII Slim and the diminutive size makes it live up to its name. The design is rather spartan, using just three chips; a voltage regulator, a MAX3002 level converter, and an Atmel AT90USB162 [...]
Comment system updates We’ve been working hard on this one and finally made a tiny bit of progress. You will find that comments are now nested. We can see there are some slight visual issues, but we’re working on it. Please be patient with us. Another edition you will find is the “report” button. If [...]
Wooden machine belongs in Willy Wonka’s factory Behold the wooden machine (translated) that is used for… well it does… it was built because… Okay, this is a case where asking what it does or why it was built is the wrong question. [Erich Schatt] began building the piece that he calls “Wheels” back in 1995. It [...]
Hackaday Comment Policy; We’re cleaning up. Sit down for a moment commenters, we need to talk. Yes, you all knew this post was coming one day. We’ve talked about this topic at length internally, and we have decided that we’re going to clean up our act. For some time, Hack a Day has been growing [...]
There is a brand new Captain Planet Live Action Movie coming out! When is the movie coming out for this potentially awesome Captain Planet Movie? I do not know yet. But I do know that the Planeteers will help save the world from pollution with the help of Captain Planet Hopefully it’ll be good. This [...]
Purdue IEEE ROV Purdue University’s IEEE branch participated in this year’s Marine Advanced Technology Education Center Competition, taking second place for the Hybris ROV seen above. The competition included several compulsory functions, including the ability to cap an underwater oil well, collect biological samples, and take water samples at depth. What they came up with is [...]
Is that a rom in your locket? [Andrew] recently ordered some lockets to bejewel them with some LEDs but got a bonus small locket for free with the order. Not really having a plan for the small locket it kind of sat around until finally some inspiration hit. Meet the ee-locket which contains a tiny [...]
Going a long way for Game Boy Advanced video out Here’s an intense hack that lets [Matt Evans] play Game Boy Advanced on a larger LCD monitor. He didn’t take the easy way out during any step of the process. He’s using an FPGA to translate the LCD signals from the GBA hardware into a [...]
The Firebird32, a new dev board on the block Here is yet another development board to add to your list (If you are into keeping lists), introducing the Firebird32. There seems to be no end to the production of new development boards, following the current style the Firebird32 comes in the familiar Arduino form factor [...]
