Launching a Custom Kerbal Panel
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/launching-a-custom-kerbal-panel/
[Matthew Peverill] is a busy PhD student who loves to make time for a little Kerbal Space Program. He was tired of using such pedestrian controls as a keyboard and mouse for such important work, and wanted something a little more like they have down in Houston.
For this project, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/launching-a-custom-kerbal-panel/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/launching-a-custom-kerbal-panel/
[Matthew Peverill] is a busy PhD student who loves to make time for a little Kerbal Space Program. He was tired of using such pedestrian controls as a keyboard and mouse for such important work, and wanted something a little more like they have down in Houston.
For this project, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/launching-a-custom-kerbal-panel/)
Fantastic Micrometeorites And Where To Find Them
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/fantastic-micrometeorites-and-where-to-find-them/
Space is very much the final frontier for humanity, at least as far as our current understanding of the universe takes us. Only a handful of countries and corporations on Earth have the hardware to readily get there, and even fewer are capable of reaching orbit. For these reasons, working …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/fantastic-micrometeorites-and-where-to-find-them/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/fantastic-micrometeorites-and-where-to-find-them/
Space is very much the final frontier for humanity, at least as far as our current understanding of the universe takes us. Only a handful of countries and corporations on Earth have the hardware to readily get there, and even fewer are capable of reaching orbit. For these reasons, working …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/fantastic-micrometeorites-and-where-to-find-them/)
Hello: A Mini Badge For CCCamp
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/hello-a-mini-badge-for-cccamp/
Badgelife culture is our community’s very own art form, with a plethora of designs coming forth featuring stunning artwork, impressive hardware, and clever software tricks. But sometimes a badge doesn’t need a brace of LEDs or a meme-inspired appearance to be a success, it just needs to be very good …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/hello-a-mini-badge-for-cccamp/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/hello-a-mini-badge-for-cccamp/
Badgelife culture is our community’s very own art form, with a plethora of designs coming forth featuring stunning artwork, impressive hardware, and clever software tricks. But sometimes a badge doesn’t need a brace of LEDs or a meme-inspired appearance to be a success, it just needs to be very good …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/hello-a-mini-badge-for-cccamp/)
The Badgies: Clever, Crazy, and Creative Ideas in Electronic Design
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/the-badgies-clever-crazy-and-creative-ideas-in-electronic-design/
Engineering creativity comes to life when you have to design around a set of constraints. We can do just about anything with enough time, talent, and treasure, but what can you do when shackled with limitations? Some of the most creative electronic manufacturing tricks spring to life when designing conference …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/the-badgies-clever-crazy-and-creative-ideas-in-electronic-design/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/the-badgies-clever-crazy-and-creative-ideas-in-electronic-design/
Engineering creativity comes to life when you have to design around a set of constraints. We can do just about anything with enough time, talent, and treasure, but what can you do when shackled with limitations? Some of the most creative electronic manufacturing tricks spring to life when designing conference …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/the-badgies-clever-crazy-and-creative-ideas-in-electronic-design/)
Russian Robot To Visit Space Station
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/russian-robot-to-visit-space-station/
The Russians were the first to send a dog into space, the first to send a man, and the first to send a woman. However, NASA sent the first humanoid robot to the International Space Station. The Russians, though, want to send FEDOR and proclaim that while Robonaut flew as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/russian-robot-to-visit-space-station/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/russian-robot-to-visit-space-station/
The Russians were the first to send a dog into space, the first to send a man, and the first to send a woman. However, NASA sent the first humanoid robot to the International Space Station. The Russians, though, want to send FEDOR and proclaim that while Robonaut flew as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/russian-robot-to-visit-space-station/)
Automatic Rewinder Makes Kite Retrieval A Breeze
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/automatic-rewinder-makes-kite-retrieval-a-breeze/
So you’ve built a fine kite, taken it to the beach, and let it ride the wind aloft on a spool of line. Eventually it has to come down, and the process of reeling all that line that was so easily paid out is likely a bigger chore than you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/automatic-rewinder-makes-kite-retrieval-a-breeze/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/automatic-rewinder-makes-kite-retrieval-a-breeze/
So you’ve built a fine kite, taken it to the beach, and let it ride the wind aloft on a spool of line. Eventually it has to come down, and the process of reeling all that line that was so easily paid out is likely a bigger chore than you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/automatic-rewinder-makes-kite-retrieval-a-breeze/)
Largest Chip Ever Holds 1.2 Trillion Transistors
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/largest-chip-ever-holds-1-2-trillion-transistors/
We get it, press releases are full of hyperbole. Cerebras recently announced they’ve built the largest chip ever. The chip has 400,000 cores and contains 1.2 trillion transistors on a die over 46,000 square mm in area. That’s roughly the same as a square about 8.5 inches on each side. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/largest-chip-ever-holds-1-2-trillion-transistors/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/largest-chip-ever-holds-1-2-trillion-transistors/
We get it, press releases are full of hyperbole. Cerebras recently announced they’ve built the largest chip ever. The chip has 400,000 cores and contains 1.2 trillion transistors on a die over 46,000 square mm in area. That’s roughly the same as a square about 8.5 inches on each side. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/largest-chip-ever-holds-1-2-trillion-transistors/)
A Cheap And Cheerful Geiger Counter Build
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/a-cheap-and-cheerful-geiger-counter-build/
Hackers often have broad interests across the sciences, of which nuclear topics are no exception. The Geiger counter remains a popular build, and could be a handy tool to have in a time of rising tensions between nuclear powers. [Leonora Tindall] had tinkered with basic units, but wanted a better …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/a-cheap-and-cheerful-geiger-counter-build/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/a-cheap-and-cheerful-geiger-counter-build/
Hackers often have broad interests across the sciences, of which nuclear topics are no exception. The Geiger counter remains a popular build, and could be a handy tool to have in a time of rising tensions between nuclear powers. [Leonora Tindall] had tinkered with basic units, but wanted a better …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/21/a-cheap-and-cheerful-geiger-counter-build/)
Electric Dump Truck Produces More Energy Than it Uses
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/electric-dump-truck-produces-more-energy-than-it-uses/
Electric vehicles are everywhere now. It’s more than just Leafs, Teslas, and a wide variety of electric bikes. It’s also trains, busses, and in this case, gigantic dump trucks. This truck in particular is being put to work at a mine in Switzerland, and as a consequence of having an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/electric-dump-truck-produces-more-energy-than-it-uses/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/electric-dump-truck-produces-more-energy-than-it-uses/
Electric vehicles are everywhere now. It’s more than just Leafs, Teslas, and a wide variety of electric bikes. It’s also trains, busses, and in this case, gigantic dump trucks. This truck in particular is being put to work at a mine in Switzerland, and as a consequence of having an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/electric-dump-truck-produces-more-energy-than-it-uses/)
Returning Digital Watches To the Analog Age: Enter The Charliewatch
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/returning-digital-watches-to-the-analog-age-enter-the-charliewatch/
The Charliewatch by [Trammell Hudson] is one of those projects which is beautiful in both design and simplicity. After seeing [Travis Goodspeed]’s GoodWatch21 digital watch project based around a Texas Instruments MSP430-based SoC, [Trammell] decided that it’d be neat if it was more analog. This is accomplished using the CC430F5137IRGZR …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/returning-digital-watches-to-the-analog-age-enter-the-charliewatch/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/returning-digital-watches-to-the-analog-age-enter-the-charliewatch/
The Charliewatch by [Trammell Hudson] is one of those projects which is beautiful in both design and simplicity. After seeing [Travis Goodspeed]’s GoodWatch21 digital watch project based around a Texas Instruments MSP430-based SoC, [Trammell] decided that it’d be neat if it was more analog. This is accomplished using the CC430F5137IRGZR …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/returning-digital-watches-to-the-analog-age-enter-the-charliewatch/)
Rocket Lab Sets Their Sights on Rapid Reusability By Snagging Rockets in Mid-Air with a Helicopter
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/rocket-lab-sets-their-sights-on-rapid-reusability-by-snagging-rockets-in-mid-air-with-a-helicopter/
Not so very long ago, orbital rockets simply didn’t get reused. After their propellants were expended on the journey to orbit, they petered out and fell back down into the ocean where they were obliterated on impact. Rockets were disposable because, as far as anyone could tell, building another one …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/rocket-lab-sets-their-sights-on-rapid-reusability-by-snagging-rockets-in-mid-air-with-a-helicopter/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/rocket-lab-sets-their-sights-on-rapid-reusability-by-snagging-rockets-in-mid-air-with-a-helicopter/
Not so very long ago, orbital rockets simply didn’t get reused. After their propellants were expended on the journey to orbit, they petered out and fell back down into the ocean where they were obliterated on impact. Rockets were disposable because, as far as anyone could tell, building another one …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/rocket-lab-sets-their-sights-on-rapid-reusability-by-snagging-rockets-in-mid-air-with-a-helicopter/)
Looking Around Corners With F-K Migration
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/looking-around-corners-with-f-k-migration/
The concept behind non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging seems fairly easy to grasp: a laser bounces photons off a surface that illuminate objects that are within in sight of that surface, but not of the imaging equipment. The photons that are then reflected or refracted by the hidden object make their way …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/looking-around-corners-with-f-k-migration/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/looking-around-corners-with-f-k-migration/
The concept behind non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging seems fairly easy to grasp: a laser bounces photons off a surface that illuminate objects that are within in sight of that surface, but not of the imaging equipment. The photons that are then reflected or refracted by the hidden object make their way …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/looking-around-corners-with-f-k-migration/)
Build a Fungus Foraging App with Machine Learning
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/build-a-fungus-foraging-app-with-machine-learning/
As the 2019 mushroom foraging season approaches it’s timely to combine my thirst for knowledge about low level machine learning (ML) with a popular pastime that we enjoy here where I live. Just for the record, I’m not an expert on ML, and I’m simply inviting readers to follow me …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/build-a-fungus-foraging-app-with-machine-learning/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/build-a-fungus-foraging-app-with-machine-learning/
As the 2019 mushroom foraging season approaches it’s timely to combine my thirst for knowledge about low level machine learning (ML) with a popular pastime that we enjoy here where I live. Just for the record, I’m not an expert on ML, and I’m simply inviting readers to follow me …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/build-a-fungus-foraging-app-with-machine-learning/)
Circuit Art Brings Out The Lifelike Qualities Of Electricity
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/circuit-art-brings-out-the-lifelike-qualities-of-electricity/
Functional circuit sculptures have been gaining popularity with adventuring electronic artists who dare attempt the finicky art form of balancing structure and wire routing. [Kelly Heaton’s] sculptures however are on a whole other creative level.
Not only does she use the circuits powering her works as part of their physical …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/circuit-art-brings-out-the-lifelike-qualities-of-electricity/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/circuit-art-brings-out-the-lifelike-qualities-of-electricity/
Functional circuit sculptures have been gaining popularity with adventuring electronic artists who dare attempt the finicky art form of balancing structure and wire routing. [Kelly Heaton’s] sculptures however are on a whole other creative level.
Not only does she use the circuits powering her works as part of their physical …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/circuit-art-brings-out-the-lifelike-qualities-of-electricity/)
UbaBOT Mixes Up 50 Cocktails to Quench CCCamp Thirst
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/ubabot-mixes-up-50-cocktails-to-quench-cccamp-thirst/
[Steffen Pfiffner’s] tent during the Chaos Communication Camp is full of happiness delivered by something greater than alcohol alone. He’s brought a robot bartender that serves up a show while mixing up one of about 50 cocktail recipes.
The project is the work of five friends from Lake Constance (Bodensee) …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/ubabot-mixes-up-50-cocktails-to-quench-cccamp-thirst/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/ubabot-mixes-up-50-cocktails-to-quench-cccamp-thirst/
[Steffen Pfiffner’s] tent during the Chaos Communication Camp is full of happiness delivered by something greater than alcohol alone. He’s brought a robot bartender that serves up a show while mixing up one of about 50 cocktail recipes.
The project is the work of five friends from Lake Constance (Bodensee) …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/ubabot-mixes-up-50-cocktails-to-quench-cccamp-thirst/)
Temperature Logging On The Last Frontier
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/temperature-logging-on-the-last-frontier/
In Alaska, the impact of climate change is easy to see. Already the melting permafrost is shifting foundations and rocking roads. Hotter summers are also turning food caches from refrigerators into ovens.
[rabbitcreek]’s friend builds food caches with kids as part of a program to teach them traditional native activities. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/temperature-logging-on-the-last-frontier/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/temperature-logging-on-the-last-frontier/
In Alaska, the impact of climate change is easy to see. Already the melting permafrost is shifting foundations and rocking roads. Hotter summers are also turning food caches from refrigerators into ovens.
[rabbitcreek]’s friend builds food caches with kids as part of a program to teach them traditional native activities. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/temperature-logging-on-the-last-frontier/)
Qt Arrives For Small Computers
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/qt-arrives-for-small-computers/
There was a time when writing embedded systems meant never having to deal with graphical user interfaces, and spending long hours trying to free up a dozen bytes of ROM to add a feature. Nowadays, an embedded system is likely to have a screen and what would have been a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/qt-arrives-for-small-computers/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/qt-arrives-for-small-computers/
There was a time when writing embedded systems meant never having to deal with graphical user interfaces, and spending long hours trying to free up a dozen bytes of ROM to add a feature. Nowadays, an embedded system is likely to have a screen and what would have been a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/qt-arrives-for-small-computers/)
Easy Direction Finding Thanks To Quad SDRs
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/__trashed-3/
Direction finding has long been a pastime of the ham radio community. Fox hunts and other DF events have entertained many, as they swept their antennas hunting for a transmitter. As with rock and roll and flared pants, time changes all things, and [Corrosive] has been experimenting with a very …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/__trashed-3/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/__trashed-3/
Direction finding has long been a pastime of the ham radio community. Fox hunts and other DF events have entertained many, as they swept their antennas hunting for a transmitter. As with rock and roll and flared pants, time changes all things, and [Corrosive] has been experimenting with a very …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/22/__trashed-3/)
When Toothbrushes, Typewriters, and Credit Card Machines Form A Band
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/23/when-toothbrushes-typewriters-and-credit-card-machines-form-a-band/
Many everyday objects make some noise as a side effect of their day job, so some of us hack would them into music instruments that can play a song or two. It’s fun, but it’s been done. YouTube channel [Device Orchestra] goes far beyond a device buzzing out a tune …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/23/when-toothbrushes-typewriters-and-credit-card-machines-form-a-band/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/23/when-toothbrushes-typewriters-and-credit-card-machines-form-a-band/
Many everyday objects make some noise as a side effect of their day job, so some of us hack would them into music instruments that can play a song or two. It’s fun, but it’s been done. YouTube channel [Device Orchestra] goes far beyond a device buzzing out a tune …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/23/when-toothbrushes-typewriters-and-credit-card-machines-form-a-band/)
Alarm System Defeated by $2 Wireless Dongle, Nobody Surprised
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/23/alarm-system-defeated-by-2-wireless-dongle-nobody-surprised/
It seems a bit unfair to pile on a product that has already been roundly criticized for its security vulnerabilities. But when that product is a device that is ostensibly deployed to keep one’s family and belongings safe, it’s plenty fair. And when that device is an alarm system that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/23/alarm-system-defeated-by-2-wireless-dongle-nobody-surprised/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/23/alarm-system-defeated-by-2-wireless-dongle-nobody-surprised/
It seems a bit unfair to pile on a product that has already been roundly criticized for its security vulnerabilities. But when that product is a device that is ostensibly deployed to keep one’s family and belongings safe, it’s plenty fair. And when that device is an alarm system that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/23/alarm-system-defeated-by-2-wireless-dongle-nobody-surprised/)
This Week in Security: KNOB, Old Scams Are New Again, 0-days, Backdoors, and More
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/23/this-week-in-security-knob-old-scams-are-new-again-0-days-backdoors-and-more/
Bluetooth is a great protocol. You can listen to music, transfer files, get on the internet, and more. A side effect of those many uses is that the specification is complicated and intended to cover many use cases. A team of researchers took a look at the Bluetooth specification, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/23/this-week-in-security-knob-old-scams-are-new-again-0-days-backdoors-and-more/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/08/23/this-week-in-security-knob-old-scams-are-new-again-0-days-backdoors-and-more/
Bluetooth is a great protocol. You can listen to music, transfer files, get on the internet, and more. A side effect of those many uses is that the specification is complicated and intended to cover many use cases. A team of researchers took a look at the Bluetooth specification, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/08/23/this-week-in-security-knob-old-scams-are-new-again-0-days-backdoors-and-more/)