You can leave your keys at home with this clever hack by Billy Chasen, who rigged up his deadbolt to a Propeller-based Spinneret Web Server. Using an SMS gateway called Twilio, he can open and close the lock by tapping out a quick text message. Not only that, but the system also responds to acknowledge […]
Dan Reetz found that the 3.5mm jack in his DSO Nano oscilloscope had a broken solder connection, so he shows us how to fix it and prevent it from happening again by using glue to reinforce the jack. DSO Nano V2.0 pocket oscilloscope
Although the authors seem to be a bit vague about the important detail how long did it take, the robot they built to autodial the combination lock is interesting and fun to watch. [via Hack a Day]
You never know when you’ll find yourself in a MacGyver moment. It can happen anywhere, at any time. Wouldn’t it be easier to hack those electronics with some real components instead of a rubber band and a paper clip? The Mintronics: Survival Pack from the Maker Shed contains over 60 useful components for making, hacking, […]
Project HiJack is an elegant take on an old idea. Ye-Sheng Kuo, Thomas Schmid, and Prabal Dutta from the University of Michigan’s EECS Department have done the iPhone hacking world a solid by producing one of the coolest little pieces of kit to come around in a long time. In short, the device can pull several milliwatts at 3 V and communicate at 8.82 kbaud using the iPhone’s headset port. Its design encourages the use of daughterboard peripherals to sense and collect data.
Kindle Unswindle — how to remove the DRM from your purchased books… This Kindle hack relies on a few Python scripts to remove the DRM from books already purchase via the Kindle Store. The scripts, of course, require Python to be installed; the hack also uses the Kindle for PC application so you’ll need to […]
From Etsy seller Supertrone. Welded steel with classic scanning LED bar.
