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Extra extra: Now legal to jailbreak iPhone

http://hackaday.com/2010/07/28/extra-extra-now-legal-to-jailbreak-iphone/

For those living under a rock, the latest ‘greatest’ news to hit hacking front page is the the Copyright Office granting Six Exemptions Regarding the Circumvention of Access-Control Technologies. Of the six the one of the two regarding iPhones is as follows,

“(2) Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications, when they have been lawfully obtained, with computer programs on the telephone handset.”

Which (along with section 3) really just means that you can unlock and crack cellphones and companies can no longer fine you $2,500. Not that many ever have but the threat was there. Apple however, can and still will void your warranty if you jailbreak.

The 4 other areas not involving phones are the ability to circumvent DVDs for portions of video, video games in order to better the security of said game, computer programs that require dongles but dongles are no longer available, and literary works that prevent read-aloud or rendering to a specialized format.

One tidbit I keep hearing about in these exemptions is the ability to now break DRM on music, as much as I wish this were true, I can’t seem to find any sources on it, sorry pirates.

Regardless, now that the world is one step closer to an open framework, whats changed? For me, I’ve been jailbroken for years so sadly nothing. If you agree with the ruling, disagree, or just want to tell about your now legal jailbreaking joys, please leave a comment.

Additional Sources: FOXNews and CNNMoney thanks to [Voyagerfan99], [Ryan Knight], and [Steve S.] respectively.

Image thanks to Cult Of Mac.
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- news
- cellphone
- video
- iPhone
- Software
- dvd
- copyright
- jailbreak
- warranty
- program
- legal
- illegal
- company
- fine
- exemptions
- circumvention
July 28 2010, 8:10am | More »
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Unwrapping 360 degree video

http://hackaday.com/2010/06/24/unwrapping-360-degree-video/

[Golan Levin] found a way to unwrap the 360 degree images he created with his camera. He’s using a Sony Bloggie HD camera which comes with a 360 degree attachment for the lens. This produces a donut shaped image (seen in the upper left) that was not all that palatable to [Golan]. He used Processing and openFrameworks to create a program that lets him unwrap the donut into a flat image, or create a ring of video where the viewer is at the center and can scroll left or right to see the rest of the filmed environment. He released the source so you can adapt the program if you’re using a different 360 video setup.

[Thanks Kyle]
- Tags:
- video
- processing
- 360
- video hacks
- openframeworks
June 24 2010, 1:30pm | More »
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BAMF2010: Spy TRAKR – no lasers, $14,861 cheaper

http://hackaday.com/2010/05/24/bamf2010-spy-trakr-no-lasers-14861-cheaper/

Maybe $15K for an elaborate balancing telepresence robot is a bit out of one’s league. In that case, another Bay Area Maker Faire exhibitor — Wild Planet — has you covered. Faire attendees got a hands-on sneak preview of the upcoming Spy Video TRAKR, a video-transmitting radio-controlled toy that’s programmable and extensively hackable.

The TRAKR has an impressive pedigree. It’s a collaborative effort between three successful and creative technology companies: Wild Planet, makers of the Spy Gear toy line; MOTO Development Group, designers of the Flip Video camera; and Making Things, software designers for the Make Controller.

So just how hackable are we talking? The Spy Video TRAKR is intended right out of the box to use downloadable apps, and allows development of new programs in C. The controller and vehicle each contain their own ARM9 processor, and the ’bot features 8 megs of RAM, an SD card slot and USB client and host (yes, host) ports. And that’s all with the cover still on. Pop the lid, and you’ll find links to online schematics and neatly-labeled breakout headers for deeper exploration.

The Spy Video TRAKR is expected to ship in October with a target price of $139 or less. Additional photos after the break.
- Tags:
- video
- robots hacks
- maker faire
- Toy Hacks
- remote
- rc
- audio
- tank
- car
- toy
- radio control
- makerfaire
- spy gear
- transmit
May 24 2010, 11:00am | More »
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Command line video processing using FOSS

http://hackaday.com/2010/05/18/command-line-video-processing-using-foss/

[Daniel Paluska] is getting away from the point-and-click by editing videos from the command line. Using the free open source software packages FFmpeg, Imagemagick, and Sox he produces new clips from multiple videos with effects like overlaying, slicing, and assigning each video to a different quadrant. The last option would be useful for displaying different angled shots of the same thing all at once but we’re sure you can find a way to use them all. He is using shell scripts to automate some of the process but the commands are still easy enough to understand if this is your first foray into these tools. After all, great video production will go a long way toward becoming an Internet sensation.
- Tags:
- video
- linux hacks
- overlay
- ffmpeg
- imagemagick
- slice
- sox
May 18 2010, 12:05pm | More »
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Human Tetris: object tracking on an 8-bit microcontroller

http://hackaday.com/2010/05/15/human-tetris-object-tracking-on-an-8-bit-microcontroller/

Elaborating on an item previously mentioned among last weekend’s Cornell final projects list, this time with video:

For their ECE final project, [Adam Papamarcos] and [Kerran Flanagan] implemented a real-time video object tracking system centered around an ATmega644 8-bit microcontroller. Their board ingests an NTSC video camera feed, samples frames at a coarse 39×60 pixel resolution (sufficient for simple games), processes the input to recognize objects and then drives a TV output using the OSD display chip from a video camera (this chip also recognizes the horizontal and vertical sync pulses from the input video signal, which the CPU uses to synchronize the digitizing step). Pretty amazing work all around.

Sometimes clever projects online are scant on information…but as this is their final grade, they’ve left no detail to speculation. Along with a great explanation of the system and its specific challenges, there’s complete source code, schematics, a parts list, the whole nine yards. Come on, guys! You’re making the rest of us look bad… Videos after the break…

[G’day Bruce]

Basic object tracking:

Human Tetris:

Brick Breaker:
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- video
- tetris
- atmega
- AVR
- hardware
- 8 bit
- Atmel
- atmega644
- video hacks
- tracking
- classic hacks
- digitize
- cornell
- overlay
May 15 2010, 4:00pm | More »
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More AVR Tetris

http://hackaday.com/2010/01/18/more-avr-tetris/

[Ben] built an AVR based Tetris game that uses a TV as the display. He linked his project in a comment from the AVR Tetris project featured last week. His work taps the power of his own tvText library to handle the composite video out. Using a TV takes all of the hardware work out of the equation, leaving just the composite jack and a few buttons to connect to the ATmega168 and its 20MHz clock. We’ve embedded the game play video after the break. It’s black and white but also clean and crisp.

[Ben] didn’t include music with his build but another commenter, [Eric], has started to work on that. We can’t help but think that they both should have tipped us off sooner about their projects.
- Tags:
- home entertainment hacks
- video
- tetris
- ATmega168
- AVR
- composite
- tvText
January 18 2010, 9:03am | More »
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iPod peripheral: iSee360i hacking

http://hackaday.com/2010/01/16/ipod-peripheral-isee360i-hacking/

[James] has done some work reverse engineering the protocols for the iSee360i peripheral. This iPod addon is a media player housing that features a 3.6″ screen. It can be used to play video on iPods that don’t otherwise have the capability because it just uses them as a hard drive. He picked up the device at a discount chain for $15 and wanted to load his own videos directly from Linux without using the Windows-based software that comes with it. There’s the gotcha; even if you encode a video exactly the same as the device’s example video, it will be deleted the next time you fire up the iSee.

After some trial and error [James] reverse engineered all of the quirky requirements to load video manually. There are strict, case sensitive file naming conventions, every file must have a perfectly formatted thumbnail image, and an index file entry must be made for the video. He’s done the hard work of hammering out the details, now it should be easy to write a Python script to automatically format and copy your pre-encoded videos for use.
- Tags:
- video
- ipod hacks
- linux hacks
- iSee360i
January 16 2010, 4:00pm | More »
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MythNetVision to cure borked MythTV hacks

http://hackaday.com/2010/01/13/mythnetvision-to-cure-borked-mythtv-hacks/

Another group of developers has stepped up to the plate in the never-ending attempt to integrate online streaming video with MythTV. The new plugin is called MythNetVision and aims to bring streaming and downloading video functionality both easily and legally. That means without violating the terms of service of the providing website.

We’ve seen so many attempts that fell short it’s easy to be skeptical about the chances of this plugin actually working. Plugins like MythStream and MythVodka worked only temporarily before breaking and never seemed to provide a reliable option. Many people have tried adding Boxee, Hulu Desktop, or XBMC integration by launching these separate packages via the MythTV UI but that’s far from a clean solution.

It looks like MythNetVision is taking a slightly different approach. Although not yet available, the designers have built the plugin in two parts. The frontend is a fully skinnable user interface that parses RSS feeds to provide the hooks needed to browse, search, and view video. Depending on the content, a browser may be spawned to play the video, it may be played within MythTV’s normal player, or a separate download thread can be launch with video following after the appropriate buffer level is reached. The RSS feeds come either directly from the provider, such as the Revision3 feeds, or a scraper can be written to provide custom RSS feeds from sites that don’t have them.

We’ve seen a glimpse of the progress and we’re optimistic that we’ll see a reliable plugin. Early adoption and user script contribution are the best way to help ensure this so keep an eye out for the public release of this package.
- Tags:
- home entertainment hacks
- video
- streaming
- mythtv
- mythnetvision
- plugin
January 13 2010, 2:00pm | More »
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360 degree video for next-to-nothing

http://hackaday.com/2010/01/04/360-degree-video-for-next-to-nothing/

[Luis], a regular Hackaday reader, sent in some info about his 360 degree video experiments. He wanted a cheap device to use with a video camera, producing video that can be displayed using a free Flash software library.

The hardware consists of a mirrored light bulb, a square of glass, and some threaded rod. The camera lens attaches to the glass with the rod right in the middle. The lens will capture a donut image reflected in the mirror of the bulb. [Luis] then processes the result and uses Ryubin’s Flash Panorama to handle playback. He’s posted two clips as examples, the first of an “Existentialist Suburb Walker” and the second is some test footage while setting up for a shot. You can click-and-rotate the video while it’s playing to look around the area.

This could produce some great driving videos, without the need for multiple cameras. [Luis] does point out some problems with oscillation as the mirror on the end of a rod will amplify the effect of movement on the image.
- Tags:
- video
- flash
- digital cameras hacks
- 360
- degree
January 4 2010, 4:00pm | More »
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Beauty in Destruction

http://hackaday.com/2009/10/09/beauty-in-destruction/

This is not a hack. In fact it’s a promotional montage for a collection of scientific equipment that few of us could likely afford. But like yesterday’s giant marionettes over Berlin, sometimes even a costly and delicately-orchestrated achievement transcends its own not-a-hack-ness, fulfilling our brains’ lust for wonderment all the same.

Kurzzeit of Germany produces ballistics measurement equipment. The video depicts various combinations of projectiles and targets at up to one million frames per second, revealing unexpected beauty in hitherto unseen phenomena, and is the best damn ten minutes you will waste on the internet all day!
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- news
- misc hacks
- video
- Photography
- fps
- video hacks
- bullet
- impact
- million
- projectile
- speed
- testosterone
- velocity
October 9 2009, 8:04am | More »
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Sticky light

http://hackaday.com/2009/08/04/sticky-light/

With the availability of webcams and projectors, multitouch and interactive demos have become increasingly popular because they’re so easy. Students at the University of Tokyo took a new approach that uses lasers instead. They created Sticky Light, which uses mirrors, a laser, and a single photodetector. Unlike camera-tracking setups, this system requires no visual processing. The laser moves around and bumps into dark objects, sticking to them. It can follow drawings on the table or objects in space, such as shirt designs. They also created a few basic games and a demo that makes sounds based on the movement of the spots. Video of the project after the break.

[via today and tomorrow]
- Tags:
- video
- art
- 3d
- Electronics
- multitouch
- laser
- laser projector
- light
- laser hacks
- tracking
- multitouch hacks
- 3dtracking
August 4 2009, 2:39pm | More »
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Music Visualizer (oscilloscope)

http://hackaday.com/2009/07/29/music-visualizer-oscilloscope/

The Music visualizer is actually a second build based on an earlier design[Thanks Roger]. The build was influenced by Zyra’s How to make an oscilloscope out of a television. The hack is quite simple, patch the output of an amplifier into the vertical deflection coils of the CRT. This is a good use for that old TV you may have laying around but don’t want to recycle it just yet. While on the subject we had covered the Mac SE/30 audio visualizer in 2006. For those looking for something a little more hard core, here is a bit about Homemade cathode ray tubes.
- Tags:
- home hacks
- home entertainment hacks
- tv
- video
- Music
- visualizer
- video hacks
- oscilloscope
- crt
- TV Oscilloscope
July 29 2009, 1:48pm | More »
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Propeller-based Terminal

http://hackaday.com/2009/07/25/propeller-based-terminal/

[Vince Briel] has created an embedded device based on the Parallax Propeller chip that acts as a serial terminal. It takes input from a standard PS/2 keyboard and outputs color VGA. It also has a second serial port to connect to a PC for debugging or programming. He is selling kits and has the schematics available. The board has a lot of hacking potential and it could easily be made into a video game or a Wikipedia browser.

[via RetroThing]
- Tags:
- misc hacks
- video
- peripherals hacks
- Electronics
- microcontroller
- Kits
- vga
- parallax
- propeller
- terminal
- ps2
- serial
- briel
- term
July 25 2009, 5:00pm | More »
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AR flash library released

http://hackaday.com/2009/07/21/ar-flash-library-released/

[onezerothrice] has been working hard on creating ARtisan, a flash library for bringing augmented reality to the browser. His goal in creating the library was to make AR projects quicker and easier to develop. The library can provide the location, size, and rotation of multiple markers on screen with little work from the developer. It is licensed under the GPL and comes bundled with Papervision3D, another flash library for manipulating objects in 3 dimensions. He has posted several demos with source and accompanying video.
- Tags:
- news
- video
- downloads hacks
- actionscript
- flash
- camera
- ar
- augmented reality
- video hacks
- as
- onezerothrice
July 21 2009, 6:55pm | More »
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Gimbal camera stabilizer

http://hackaday.com/2009/07/15/gimbal-camera-stabilizer/

Professional cameramen use steadicams to make their shots look smooth and clean. However, their prices are generally way too high for an indie’s budget. Previous attempts have tried adding a counterweight and moving the camera away from the hands. [YB2Normal] took a different method and used a bob and gimbal to hold the camera upright. The gimbal is free to rotate along 3 axes, so the camera can stay in place. The whole thing cost less than $15. The first video he made with he mount is after the break.

Related: Building a Snorricam

[via Gizmodo]
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- video
- camera
- tool-hacks
- digital cameras hacks
- video hacks
- cheap
- gimbel
- indie
- steadicam
- steadycam
- yb2normal
July 15 2009, 4:13pm | More »
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Automated Paintball Sentry

http://hackaday.com/2009/06/26/automated-paintball-sentry/

Reader, [Ben Godding], sends in the video for his senior design team’s automated paintball sentry. The frame is made of plasma cut aluminum. The paintball gun uses a custom hopper mounted remotely from the gun body. It has two webcams offering a 160 degree field of vision, and the image processing is done by a dual core pentium CPU booting windows xp off a compact flash card. The computer interfaces with the 1/4scale RC servos using a PIC24. The paintball sentry can either be configured via a computer GUI when a monitor is available or a baclkit keypad and 4×20 charachter display in the field.

Related: [Jared Bouck]’s paintball gun turret
- Tags:
- misc hacks
- video
- security hacks
- microcontroller
- webcam
- pic
- PIC24
- paintball
- sentry
- sentry gun
- automated
- image processing
June 26 2009, 5:00pm | More »
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64 Synchronizing Fireflies

http://hackaday.com/2009/06/25/64-synchronizing-fireflies/

[Alex] of tinkerlog created a set of 64 RGB fireflies that synchronize to blink all at once. We covered the kit earlier, but he has assembled a set of 64. Each firefly is independently controlled by an ATtiny13 that reads a phototransistor and lights up an RGB LED. The fireflies are programmed to blink a certain rate, but blink faster if they detect other blinks. After a few cycles, the fireflies begin to blink in unison. When the fireflies are arranged in different configurations, different patterns emerge. He is selling kits and has instructions for building your own. Videos of the fireflies after the jump.

Related: Jar of fireflies
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- news
- video
- AVR
- fireflies
- firefly
- microcontroller
- attiny13
- rgb
- RGB LED
- kit
- led hacks
- phototransistor
- synchronized
- tinkerlog
June 25 2009, 4:00pm | More »
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SPDIF switch

http://hackaday.com/2009/04/16/spdif-switch/

When [linux-works] found himself needing a switch that could convert coax to opto, he made one. The main chip is a cd4052 cmos analog switch, which he says is really cheap. The rest is pretty self explanatory. This setup can switch between 4 different inputs as well as do the coax to opto conversion.
- Tags:
- daily
- video
- switch
- video hacks
- conversion
- opto
- spdif
April 16 2009, 3:08pm | More »
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Space Invader button

http://hackaday.com/2009/04/14/space-invader-button/

[Marcus] saw [Alex]’s 64 pixel project and decided it could be implemented in even less space. Pictured above is his Space Invader button with a bicolor LED matrix. The controller board is all SMD and piggybacked on the matrix. An ATmega164P drives the 24 pins via transistors. In addition to animation, the board can do LED sensing too. It’s a very clever project and [Marcus] has some notes about working with such tiny components. You can see a video of it below.

[via Make]
- Tags:
- wearable hacks
- video
- youtube
- led
- AVR
- matrix
- make
- video hacks
- led hacks
- atmega164p
- led sensing
- pixel
April 14 2009, 6:42pm | More »
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Spatialized umbrella

http://hackaday.com/2009/04/12/spatialized-umbrella/

Reader [Joe Saavedra] sent in his latest project: the spatialized umbrella. The base of each umbrella rib features an LED, speaker, and distance sensor. These are connected to an ATMega168 microcontroller running the Arduino environment. The IR sensor triggers a rain drop sound based on proximity. Shorter distances mean more droplets are played. The sounds are generated using a lookup table and the digital pins. You can see the demo video embedded below.

Using the Arduino environment without the associated board is part of another idea that [Joe] is working on. The MapDuino Project uses the standard Arduino hardware for programming, but then transfers the chip to a more barebones circuit in target project. They based their initial work on the ITP breadboard Arduino.
- Tags:
- wearable hacks
- daily
- video
- led
- arduino
- ATmega168
- vimeo
- itp
- arduino hacks
- joe saavedra
- mapduino
- umbrella
April 12 2009, 8:47pm | More »
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Tweenbots rely on human help

http://hackaday.com/2009/04/11/tweenbots-rely-on-human-help/

[Kacie Kinzer] put together an interesting social experiment: Could a robot navigate purely by the help of strangers? She constructed an inexpensive Tweenbot robot that would drive in a straight line. A flag was attached to the top with a plea for help and a destination. Surprisingly, on the first run it was able to traverse through Washington Square Park in just 42 minutes with the help of 29 people. You can see a video of the first run below. This is part of [Kacie]’s thesis work at ITP and she has many other bots planned. While it’s a great demonstration of human kindness, there’s another lesson: If you don’t think your public project looks innocuous enough, draw a smiley face on it.

[via Laughing Squid]
- Tags:
- video
- robots hacks
- robot
- thesis
- laughing squid
- itp
- bliptv
- kacie kinzer
- navigation
- tweenbot
- washington square park
April 11 2009, 7:28pm | More »
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Toddler computer remote

http://hackaday.com/2009/04/06/toddler-computer-remote/

[Killerdark] has built a simple remote for his toddler to control videos on a PC. He gutted a USB number pad, built a new enclosure with the necessary buttons clearly labeled, and mapped the buttons in software. He could have possibly done better with larger color coded buttons, but really, it seems to work well as is. This reminds us of the giant iPod remote from back in 2006. Good job [Killerdark]
- Tags:
- home entertainment hacks
- video
- peripherals hacks
- Kids
- remote
- children
- controls
- toddler
- vlc
April 6 2009, 1:34pm | More »
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Video Portrait of Puppet Artist Stacey Gordon

http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/04/video_portrait_of_puppet_artis.html?CMP=OTC-5JF307375954

Etsy's handmade portrait series recently featured Stacey Gordon, a puppeteer in Phoenix, AZ. What an awesome video!
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- video
April 4 2009, 3:00pm | More »
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Automated drum

http://hackaday.com/2009/03/29/automated-drum/

A team of three PhD students constructed this ‘multi-mallet automatic drumming instrument (Madi)‘. Their Expressive Machines Musical Instruments site is dedicated to building instruments like this and they recently showed their work at the first annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition. A ‘low-stakes X Prize’ for musical instruments. 25 applicants were chosen to show their unique musical instruments for $10K in prizes. We like the team’s Madi because it’s adapting a traditional instrument and then pushing it to the limit. It reminds us of the Crazy J mechatronic guitar from 2005. You can see a video of the Madi playing below.

[via Hacked Gadgets]
- Tags:
- video
- youtube
- robots hacks
- digital audio hacks
- drum
- guthman
- hacked gadgets
- madi
- mallet automatic drumming instrument
- mechatronics
- snare drum
- x prize
March 29 2009, 7:19pm | More »
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Autonomous ATV

http://hackaday.com/2009/03/23/autonomous-atv/

A team at UNC Charlotte has been working on an autonomous vehicle to drag a cart that has sensing equipment. Starting with a stock Honda ATV, different systems were added to give a Renesas processor control of the ATV. A model airplane receiver was attached to the Renesas to give remote control for Phase 1 of the project. Basically they’ve turned the ATV into a giant remote controlled car.

Later revisions will incorporate LIDAR, cameras, and multiple GPS units so the ATV can autonomously traverse most terrain with a high level of accuracy. Path planning will become a large part of the project at that point.
- Tags:
- video
- robots hacks
- camera
- autonomous
- robot
- radio controlled
- rc
- transportation hacks
- atv
- gps
- gps hacks
- lidar
- path planning
March 23 2009, 7:14pm | More »
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64pixels are enough

http://hackaday.com/2009/03/21/64pixels-are-enough/

[Alex] put together this lovely minimal LED project. The square pixel matrix is soldered directly to the microcontroller in the same style as EMSL’s Micro-Readerboard. During the prototyping phase he used resistors to limit the current from the programming board. The final product doesn’t use resistors and manages the current draw by only turning on a single pixel line at a time. The illustrated assembly guide is very thorough and should help your create an equally compact device. Check out a video of it in motion below.
- Tags:
- daily
- video
- led
- AVR
- led matrix
- microcontroller
- emsl
- evil mad scientist laboratories
- vimeo
- video hacks
- alex
- attiny2313
- led hacks
March 21 2009, 3:55pm | More »
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Apple logo secondary monitor

http://hackaday.com/2009/03/13/apple-logo-secondary-monitor/

MacMod member [EdsJunk] has modified the Apple logo on his MacBook to act as a second video display (cache). There’s a video embedded below showing it playing Quicktime videos and the iTunes visualizer. Unfortunately there aren’t any details of the hardware used. From the display settings, it looks to have a resolution of at least 640×480. We hope to see more details soon.

[Thanks Astera]
- Tags:
- video
- youtube
- apple
- macs hacks
- mac
- macbook
- display
- monitor
- secondary
March 13 2009, 3:14pm | More »
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Wearable projector adds info to everyday activities

http://hackaday.com/2009/03/10/wearable-projector-adds-info-to-everyday-activities/

[Pattie Maes] from MIT’s Media Lab showed a really interesting augmented reality demo at TED this year. It’s a wearable projector that lets you interact with any surface. A camera tracks the gestures your fingertips make and performs related actions. She shows several uses: projecting a dial pad on your hand, displaying additional info on a product you’re holding, and taking a picture when you form a frame with your hands. The current equipment cost is $350, but that would be reduced in a dedicated device.

[via Waxy]
- Tags:
- wearable hacks
- video
- peripherals hacks
- wearable
- waxy
- augmented reality
- projector
- mit
- media lab
- pattie maes
- ted
- ted2009
March 10 2009, 6:20pm | More »
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Etsy Artstew Video

http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/03/etsy_artstew_video.html?CMP=OTC-5JF307375954

Next up in Etsy's Handmade Portrait series is this video about Holly Stewart, aka Artstew, who makes artwork using dispersed dyes on polyester. Great story!
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- video
March 10 2009, 12:00pm | More »
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Zack Arias - Focus On What Matters

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Diyphotographynet/~3/NND7uYejzyU/zack-arias-focus-on-what-matters

The next video by Zack Arias made for Scott Kelby is circulating the web now. As a person who always juggle between photography, family and day job, (and usually feel I don't have enough time to get any of them right) this really helped me focus. Thank you Zack.

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February 28 2009, 3:59pm | More »
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Stantum’s high precision multitouch

http://hackaday.com/2009/02/19/stantums-high-precision-multitouch/

We love keeping track of new interaction technologies and this new touchscreen by Stantum looks especially promising. Engadget shot a hands-on video with it at the Mobile World Conference. It’s a resistive screen, so it can be used with both fingers and styluses (unlike capacitive screens). It’s sensitive enough that you could use a brush too. The screen supports any number of multitouch points and does pressure sensing based on the size of the detected fingertip. The touch detection is actually more accurate than the screen can display. Stantum is hoping mobile manufactures will pick up their input framework for inclusion in new devices. The resistive touchscreen was built to Stantum’s specifications (it won’t work with current phones), but they say it wouldn’t be hard to go into mass production.
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February 19 2009, 7:44pm | More »
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SparkFun stencil and solder paste class notes

http://hackaday.com/2009/02/17/sparkfun-stencil-and-solder-paste-class-notes/

Hobby electronics manufacturer SparkFun has started offering various classes at their Boulder, CO facility. [Landon] has been attending as many as possible and posted about his experience during their Stencil and Solder Paste class. Solder paste is used when manufacturing boards with a reflow oven. He took quite a few pictures of the process and posted notes and audio. He says it’s definitely something you’d have to learn hands-on, but his numerous photos give you an idea of what’s involved. Below, you can watch a video of the paste clean-up pass and stencil removal.

[via mightyOhm]
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February 17 2009, 9:00pm | More »
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Brain controlled fluid simulation

http://hackaday.com/2009/02/10/brain-controlled-fluid-simulation/

Here’s another video demo of [Eric]’s Besmoke interactive fluid simulation that we covered earlier. It was put together for the BIL Conference last weekend. This time around he’s strapped the iPhone to his head (complying with California’s handsfree laws). To make things interesting, he’s also added OCZ’s Neural Impulse Actuator to provide brainwave input.
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February 10 2009, 4:50pm | More »
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TinkerKit, physical computing toolkit

http://hackaday.com/2009/02/05/tinkerkit-physical-computing-toolkit/

TinkerKit is a collection of 20 different sensors and 10 actuators. It’s meant to make prototyping of physical computing devices much quicker/easier. The devices plug into a Sensor Hub Arduino shield. There is also a similar hub board that can emulate a keyboard; it translates sensor input directly to key strokes. It looks like a very ambitious project and it’s still in development. We love the idea though and think the wide variety of components will foster better final designs. The TinkerKit site covers the current component lineup and there’s a demo video embedded below.
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February 5 2009, 7:54pm | More »
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Mobile RFID scanning

http://hackaday.com/2009/02/02/mobile-rfid-scanning/

[Chris Paget] is going to be presenting at ShmooCon 2009 in Washington D.C. this week. He gave a preview of his RFID talk to The Register. The video above demos reading and logging unique IDs of random tags and Passport Cards while cruising around San Francisco. He’s using a Symbol XR400 RFID reader and a Motorola AN400 patch antenna mounted inside of his car. This is industrial gear usually used to track the movement of packages or livestock. It’s a generation newer than what Flexilis used to set their distance reading records in 2005.

The unique ID number on Passport Cards doesn’t divulge the owners private details, but it’s still unique to them. It can be used to track the owner and when combined with other details, like their RFID credit card, a profile of that person can be built. This is why the ACLU opposes Passport Cards in their current form. The US does provide a shielding sleeve for the card… of course it’s mailed to you with the card placed outside of the sleeve.

Technology exists to generate a random ID every time an RFID card is being read. The RFIDIOt tools were recently updated for RANDOM_UID support.

[Thanks Zort]
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February 2 2009, 8:43pm | More »
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Bobbie teaches you about SSH tunnels

http://hackaday.com/2009/02/02/bobbie-teaches-you-about-ssh-tunnels/

Here’s a quick video covering some of the pitfalls you may encounter when setting up SSH tunnels.

Related: Björk teaches you about electronics

[Thanks Lon]
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February 2 2009, 4:13pm | More »
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Pandora case prototype

http://hackaday.com/2009/01/28/pandora-case-prototype/

The last time we checked in on Pandora it was just being shown in dev unit form. Embedded above is a video of the first case prototype. It doesn’t have any components yet, but it definitely looks like a good formfactor with a lot of potential. The Pandora is a Linux based portable game console with an 800×480 touchscreen.

[via Gizmodo]
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January 28 2009, 9:12pm | More »
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Forknife, Android G1 controlled robot

http://hackaday.com/2009/01/25/forknife-android-g1-controlled-robot/

When we first saw [Jeffrey Nelson]’s G1 based robot we immediately wondered what the transport for the controls was. The G1’s hardware supports USB On-The-Go, but it’s not implemented in Android yet. It turns out he’s actually sending commands by using DTMF tones through the headphone adapter. The audio jack is connected to a DTMF decoder that sends signals to the bot’s Arduino. He wrote client/server code in Java to issue commands to the robot. You can find that code plus a simple schematic on his site. A video of the bot is embedded below.

[via Engadget]
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January 26 2009, 1:17am | More »
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HOW TO - Space Helmet Hoodie

http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/01/how_to_space_helmet_hoodie.html?CMP=OTC-5JF307375954

Those crazy kids from Threadbanger share their tips on making a space helmet hoodie. What the heck is a space helmet hoodie? Watch the video and learn!
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January 25 2009, 10:00pm | More »
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Multitouch tabletop gaming

http://hackaday.com/2009/01/18/multitouch-tabletop-gaming/

Reader [Ramon Viladomat] sent in what he has been working on over the last year at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. Tired of see nothing but zooming map demos, he created a roleplaying game that takes advantage of the reacTable’s multitouch interface. Along with multitouch, the reacTable also uses tangible fiducial markers to represent objects and as an alternative input method. Embedded above is a video demoing the interface and gameplay (starts at 3:43). The game lets you move your miniature through a virtual world. The surface shows you how far you can move dynamically as your action points regenerate and slowly reveals more dungeon as you discover it. You can pause the action and use gestures to set attack patterns. We really like this demo and would love to see someone build one using a popular tabletop game like Warhammer 40K. Embedded below is a demo of the associated map editor.
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January 18 2009, 9:59pm | More »

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