Condenser mic in a tin can
We continue our impromptu series on tin can tech with this scratch-built condenser mic housed in a food tin. The ultra-lowtech condenser microphone – [via] Link Related: Fire-powered, bean-tin battery charger – Link
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The Hacker Tool Law in Effect
Over at the Make blog, Bre wrote: Today in Germany the Hacker Tool Law goes into effect. With the official name of Paragraph 202C it states that it is illegal to possess, use, produce, or distribute a “hacker tool”. In theory, law enforcement could come and arrest everyone here at Chaos Communications Camp. A group […]
Playing with RF Modules – Awesome Electronics Workshop PDFcast
This week’s pdf includes Joe’s great schematic drawings to illustrate how to play around with an RF module and a Radio Shack recording module! – PDF Link In the podcast we show a bunch of RF modules. Here are some links for you to explore them! Radio Shack 9V Recording Module (#276-1323A), $10.79 – Link […]
Playing with RF Modules – Awesome Electronics Workshop Podcast
mp4 | mov | itunes The Awesome Electronics Workshop is back! Joe Grand and Bre Pettis show you how to integrate RF modules into your projects. – Subscribe Link Note: I’m on a slow connection at CCC. When I’ve got a better connection, I’ll upload the hd version of the video.
HOWTO: secure Gmail to prevent session hijacking
By default, after logging into Gmail with a secure https connection, you are forwarded to an unencrypted url with some session data that tells Gmail and other Google services that you’ve authenticated successfully. The problem is that anyone sniffing your wireless (or wired) connection can listen to that session information and use it to impersonate […]
Adding a remote antenna to Parallax’s RFID reader
Frequent Maker and Roomba hacker extraordinaire Tobdbot writes – The Parallax RFID reader is a pretty cool bit of tech. For $40 you get a reader with integrated antenna that outputs ASCII at 2400bps. Unfortunately, the integrated antenna means you can’t place RFID tag sensing in tight spaces. You can however circumvent the built-in antenna […]
Transform an old laptop into a MP3 player
Tony took an old laptop and made it in to a big MP3 player, good reuse. I’m hoping he posts the Windows Media skin he made, looks handy – Link.
