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Master Of The Internet
2008-06-08 14:19:00 This spoof infomercial had me in stitches. It’s actually a viral created by the team at www.superdeluxe.com and sadly, Dale’s three part ‘Master Of The Internet ’ box set is not actually available. Something about that bad VHS quality makes it seem so authentic! More About: Video , The Internet
DIY Scientific Calculator Watch
2008-06-08 14:02:00 Not exactly discreet, but almost certainly a world’s first. David L Jones from Sydney has grafted a Homebuilt Scientific Calculator onto a watch strap. It uses SMD components and a 16-bit PIC24fj64GA004 processor from Microchip. Looks like it’s a fiddly project to solder, but the end result is well worth the struggle. All the data is ... More About: Watch
Displaying Graphics On A Non-Graphical LCD
2008-06-04 22:39:00 Ever wanted to display graphics or an icon on a non-graphical LCD? This article covers the creation and display of Custom Graphics on a HD44780 Compatible LCD Screens. In this case, Apu the monkey from the TV show the Simpsons. Essentially, you are converting a raster image into a custom font letter which the LCD can ... More About: Graphical
DIY 3D Laser Projector
2008-06-04 22:16:00 Sean Chaney has been working on several laser projects. The one shown in the video above is a DIY 3D Laser Scanner… ‘The green laser bounces off a mirror then through a green beam splitter, the beam is then separated. The Green beam then bounces off a red diachronic filter and into the Scanners. The red ... More About: Lasers , Projector
Revision3 Suffers Legal DOS Attack
2008-05-30 11:53:00 Just noticed a link on hackaday to a story regarding a Denial Of Service attack on the Revision3 bittorrent tracker. They distribute their own media files which they own the copyright to using the bittorrent system. After a bit of investigation, the team at Revision3 managed to track down the source of the DOS attack, and ... More About: Legal , Attack
Electric Guitar Laptop LCD Hack
2008-05-30 11:18:00 Ben Lewry has found an innovative use for his old laptop, stuff it inside an electric guitar! Not only does it still function perfectly, the laptop displays visualizations that move in time to the music. Don’t know how distracting it would be trying to play it though, those trippy visuals would make my heads spin. Go check ... More About: Laptop , Guitar , Hack , Electric , Electric Guitar
Will It Blend? Nope!
2008-05-29 10:30:00 We’ve all seen the will it blend videos that helped create a massively successful viral marketing campaign. Well take a look at this video showing you that even the worlds most powerful blender can struggle sometimes More About: Video , Blend
World?s biggest GPS Drawing is a scam!
2008-05-28 22:17:00 It turns out that the worlds biggest GPS drawing that everybody has been linking to is actually a viral campaign created by DHL. Their excuse is that student Erik Nordenenkar asked them to use their warehouse for some photos for a project. Looks like DHL have been caught out, still, they’ve managed to increase exposure and ... More About: Hacks , World , Drawing , Scam
Google TechTalks - Website Hacking Masterclass
2008-05-28 14:55:00 Straight from the archives, a Google TechTalks presentation from 2006 by Mike Andrews who is a senior technical consultant at a company that does network security testing. The whole thing lasts over an hour an a half so its a bit of an epic one but the information provided is excellent. Although slightly dated, im ... More About: Video , Website
DIY Led Projector - The New Batch
2008-05-28 11:27:00 We have featured LED projectors on hack247 before, back then they were still in their infancy, with few modders willing to try them out as a light source. But now with the release of brighter and cheaper LED’s onto the market, people are experimenting and coming up with some stunning results. This particular project was pulled ... More About: Projectors , Projector , Batch
From Bakelite To Plasma - A Visual History Of TV
2008-05-26 18:56:00 Here’s a must see from wired.com - It’s a visual timeline of TV from the early scanning disc sets right up to present day plasmas. No Definition right throuth to High Definition :) Go here to check it out. Incredible to see how much things have changed. Also check out http://www.tvhistory.tv/ for extensive archives of tv ... More About: History , Plasma , Visual
Print your own Super 8 & 16mm Film
2008-05-25 18:42:00 Here’s a really lo-fi digital to analogue conversion, by printing out his own Super 8 and 16mm film onto transparency’s with an inkjet printer, Jesse England has managed to achieve an arty look for video on a budget. He took a video clip and converted it using photoshop into individual frames, printed them out using an ... More About: Film , Print , Projectors
Backtrack Linux For The Asus EEEPC
2008-05-24 22:25:00 The Asus EEEPC has been around for a while now and has managed to accumulate a large fanbase. Its small dimensions and easy modding potential have made it the ideal choice for hackers network security technicians running backtrack. But support for the eeePC’s hardware have been a bit hit and miss. All this has changed with ... More About: Linux
DIY Go Anywhere Projector Mount
2008-05-22 17:07:00 This video tutorial was originally designed for VJ’s who find that venues often have nowhere to mount a projector safely. This system, which is sturdy and cheap to build, allows you to pretty much mount a projector anywhere you can clamp onto. And whats more, the whole thing looks sturdy and secure. A must for something ... More About: Projector , Mount
Nintendo Wii Modchips - Overview
2008-05-21 10:00:00 With Nintendo ’s Wii games console still dominating the market, behind the scenes they have been locked in a constant battle with the hardware hackers that just can’t resist a challenge. Here’s a quick history of this battle and an update on the current state of play. The way all current Wii modchips operate is to patch ... More About: Nintendo Wii , Overview
Working With Acrylic - A Primer
2008-05-20 22:15:00 We so often see acrylic used badly in a project, you know the type, a badly done xbox window etc…. well here’s just the solution to anybody thinking of attempting to incorporate acrylic into a project, bit-tech.com’s A Modder’s Guide To Acrylic It covers everything from cutting, machining, joining and shinging, there are also loads of ... More About: Working
DIY Solar Panel Tracker
2008-03-02 17:36:00 In order to get the most from your Solar Panel ’s it is neccesary to reposition them throughout the day in order to maximise the amount of sunlight they are exposed to. Ideally you want to automate this process…. Gary Rey’s www.builditsolar.com has detailed their construction of a DIY Solar Panel Sun Tracker . It uses an old ... More About: Free Energy
Chip & Pin Cracked
2008-02-29 10:45:00 Those of us over in the UK are all used to using the chip & pin system, we were all told by the banks tha this new system would virtually wipe out credit card fraud. Now three researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK have cracked the Chip & Pin system in alarmingly easy ... More About: Video , Cracked
Goolag - Essential Google Hacking Software
2008-02-27 20:34:00 Cult Of The Dead Cow who have previously brought us the ever so ingenious Back Orifice remote control software, are back with their new tool named Goolag. Goolag brings together a huge amount of google search commands into one easy piece of software. It allows you to enter an address and scan it for different vulnerabilities ... More About: Software , Google , Google Hacks , Essential
DIY N64 Cartridge ROM Dumper
2008-02-26 21:19:00 Found this over at the Benheck forums, it’s a DIY Nintendo 64 ROM Dumper built using a PIC16LF877. It outputs its signal via a serial connection and is powered by 3.3v. The creator also explains his plans to build a custom flash cartridge that would plug into the unit. Allowing you to copy games to a ...
DIY WiFi Signal Repeater
2008-02-24 14:52:00 Need internet access in your garden? Or maybe your garage across the street? You could always set up a pair of cantennas, but heres another approach using parts which you may already have, ingredients are as follows…. 2.4ghz Antenna 2 Wireless Access Points 10" PVC Pipe Double-sided foam tape Now mash those parts together using the ... More About: Wifi , Signal
Laptop Explodes at LAX Airport
2008-02-21 13:45:00 This laptop at LAX burst into flames whilst the owner was using it. Watch as the fire burns through each of the batteries cells, causing further explosions.. Don’t think I could ever relax whilst using a laptop again if this ever happened to me! The laptop in question was an IBM but no word on the ... More About: Video , Laptop , Airport
Knightrider Hood Light - The Official Version
2008-02-19 11:10:00 I’m not holding out much hope for the new knightrider pilot, mostly due to the lack of a Pontiac Trans-AM. At least Glenn A Larson is back as executive producer to give it some form of credibility. Here’s a little behind the scenes article from Muscle Car Blog - featuring the guys from Auto Indulgence, ... More About: Hood , Light , Official , Version
iPhone Hacked??? Again!
2008-02-13 17:51:00 Geohot, the teenage hacker who originally won the iPhone hacking competition, along with a brand new Nissan 350z and 3 iPhones, has managed to do it again. Apple had managed to block all previous unlocking attempts with a new firmware but that , it seems, has now been cracked. He has managed to get into the ... More About: Iphone , Hacked
Hascii Cam - Live ASCII video streaming
2008-02-11 13:56:00 A great software package that is included as part of the Dynebolic Boot DVD is Hascii Cam. A quick explanation is below…. ‘HasciiCam makes it possible to have live ascii video on the web. It captures video from a tv card and renders it into ascii letters, formatting the output into an html page with a ... More About: Video , Linux , Live , Streaming , Ascii
Bluetooth Eavesdropping
2008-02-06 10:11:00 Joshua Wright from the SANS Institute demonstrates how to eavesdrop on bluetooth headsets in this video. The moral of this tale is to always make sure your phone and headset are running the very latest firmware, even then, things still aren’t 100% secure. Big Brother is watching Listening! More About: Bluetooth , Eavesdropping
Potassium Chlorate + Haribo Bear = Reaction!
2008-01-30 23:28:00 Ok, so we’ve all just about gotten over the combination of Diet Coke and Mentoes. Heres another strange combo that has even more impressive results! When a red gummi bear is added to Potassium Chlorate, which is made up of Potassium, Chlorine and Oxygen, and heated, it reacts violently with the sugar creating fireworks! Wonder if different ... More About: Video , Reaction , Bear
Captain Midnight HBO Satellite Hack
2008-01-28 21:47:00 Following on from our Max Headroom Pirate TV Incident we reported on previously, we thought this may be of interest to some. In 1986, John R MacDougall was working at Central Florida Teleport which streams programs to satellites. At the end of his shift, whilst docking the satellites back to their resting position, which just ... More About: Video , Satellite , Hack , Midnight , Captain
Retro Advert Of The Week #4
2008-01-25 11:06:00 Seems like the Mac VS PC Debate has been going on forever, especially if this advert is anything to go by Does more, costs less - each to their own :) Click here to find out more about the current Mac VS PC campaign More About: Video , Retro , Week , Advert
Slurpr - Multi channel WiFi AP
More articles from this author:2008-01-23 12:51:00 The Slurpr is a 6 channel WIFI router which automatically connects to the 6 strongest WiFi networks in the vicinity. It then combines these connection into one super-fast connection. ‘A big, fat access point with a large antenna and a bunch of Wi-Fi cards that automatically connect to the strongest signals it can pick up. Then ... More About: Multi , Wifi , Channel 1, 2, 3 |
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