Here’s an innovative use of recycled HD-video electronics: NSA@home is a fast FPGA-based SHA-1 and MD5 bruteforce cracker. It is capable of searching the full 8-character keyspace (from a 64-character set) in about a day in the current configuration for 800 hashes concurrently. The cracker is built out of surplus Grass Valley HD video transform […]
“ThoughtFix,” over at UltraMobileGeek, has a piece on how to add an internal USB hub, for adding Flash memory and ReadyBoost (the Flash-based memory cacher for juicing Vista) to a UMPC, in this case, the eo V7110. He’s not sure what he’s going to do with the other two internal ports, maybe add more Flash, […]
Pop culture meets craft in this wonderful sweater designed by Craftster member Kaby (a/k/a Practical Polly). Using a vintage sweater pattern and many pics of Wonder Woman as inspiration, the end result is flattering and clever. See more pics and read about the process on her blog. [via] Link.
Here’s how to make your own slime, Syribia writes – I’ll show how to make your own high quality slime (this slime is not oobleck is not made by starch) in less than 15 minutes (the timing starts once you have gathered the materials) and of course, you will learn about two topics related to […]
Gomiboy writes – Since getting my first digital camera, and later, my first video camera, I have wanted to push the envelope of what these cameras can do, and where they can go. I have taken them on roller coasters, mounted them on my motorcycle, pulled out the IR filter and taken infrared photos. In […]
I decided to brave the manure, mullets and *-on-a-stick this weekend and swung by the state fair. It seems like every time I go there are a couple people walking around all day with enormous stuffed animals, presumably won through some feat of basketball tossing or ring flinging. Enormous. Impossible to win enormous. Paid carnival […]
Michael O’Brien, a.k.a. Turbotron, has posted pics of this project to the MAKE Flickr Pool. It’s a mint-tin amp based on the LM386 chip, the same op-amp chip used in the MAKE Mousey the Junkbot and Cracker Box Amp projects. The case is an Altoids box, painted gloss black enamel, the grill is from a […]
