Liveboot is still useful, small utilities can liveboot and run wonderfully as a system to learn on, sandbox small projects on, or even to install from or repair systems with. We've even got some hacks for persistence, where your settings stay the...
I hope this is the right place to post this. I'm building an 8x8x8 single color LED cube. I've built test circuits on a breadboard and it works. However, I'm disappointed that the LEDs are much dimmer than when they're not multiplexed. It makes sense...
Build instructions, when entered into a hackaday.io project, go to random order after saving. Using the tab key when typing into the text field of a build instruction adds tab that cannot be removed. Using: Safari 7.0.3 on OS X 10.9.2.
A member asked about which of the Tesla inventions I wanted to work on as a team build? Pick any of his projects, one person mentioned "the death ray" I was gearing toward his motorized boat. Once we have enough suggestions we can due a vote. (1. Build...
Hello All, I maintain a blog about the polywell. For those who do not know, the Polywell is an idea for a fusion reactor. It is based off the fusor (a concept some of you guys are building and talking about on the project page). I have some fusion/polywell...
I impulsed a sleeve of programmed chips, with stickers covering what they were. They are a Motorola XC68HC705C9CP microcontroller in a 40-pin DIP package. http://www.elnec.com/device/Motorola/MC68HC705C9+%5BPLCC44%5D/ ^Any one know of a dedicated site...
Hello! I have read HAD for years. I love the projects and creativity of the people around the world. I rarely mess with anything electronic at any sort of micro level. I hope this is OK to post here. The other day, a friend of a friend asked me to look...
Thinking: paying tribute to one of the greatest TV characters of all-time (Spock) with a custom 1 of 2 builds: a communication tri-quarter and a hand phaser, any comments or suggestions are welcome.. In memory of the legendary actor Lenard Nimoy, who...
How can i download a pdf like file from a online inbuilt reader from a website where the website does not give any option for downloading but only allows to read it.
I'm too impatient to wait for Valve to put out documentation on their Lighthouse VR tracking technology and want to at least get a leg up on making my own tracked objects. If you don't know, Lighthouse sweeps the room with a hundred broad laser lines...
If you google for Raspberry Pi hostapd, the majority of the tutorials all have the exact same advice: 1. Get an RTL8188CUS based wifi dongle 2. Download or build a custom, Realtek proprietary, modified copy of hostapd from the pleistocene. 3. Set it...