This Week in Making: Fidget Spinner Battle, Hacked Fish Tank, and Magnetic Finger
This week saw fidget spinners engage in combat, a casino get hacked through their fish tank, and a writer lament about her body modification.
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Return of the MakeShift Challenge: Dead Car Battery
You’re 50 miles into the woods, your car battery is dead, and a snowstorm is coming. What would MacGyver do?
2600 Magazine Has Been Connecting Hackers Since Pay Phones Were a Thing
They’ve seen a lot of changes since they started writing about hacking in the 80s!
Hacking the CES Scavenger Hunt for a Second Time
The CES scavenger hunt is back and, just like last time, it’s possible to win the hunt without ever going to CES. However while you’re looking for the beacons, the beacons are looking back. There are over a thousand beacons scattered throughout the venue tracking how you move around the show.
On the Use of the Word “Hack”
Let’s talk a little about the word “hack” and its appropriate usage.
How the ESP8266 Community Added Arduino Support for the $5 Microcontroller
I talk to Richard Sloan, who along with Ivan Grokhotkov, recently added support for the $5 ESP8266 microcontroller with onboard WiFi to the Arduino IDE.
Designing a Breadboard Adaptor for the $5 ESP8266 Microcontroller
The ESP8266 is now Arduino compatible, but to the most common breakout board isn’t breadboard friendly. So we go ahead and build a breadboard adaptor (Part 3 of 3)
