Hovercraft Suitcase Gives Your Luggage a Smooth Ride The wheels on roller suitcases are one of their primary failure points. After the destruction of the wheel mount on her DIY suitcase, [Laura Kampf] wondered if it would be …read more #hacking #projects

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Hovercraft Suitcase Gives Your Luggage A Smooth Ride

The wheels on roller suitcases are one of their primary failure points. After the destruction of the wheel mount on her DIY suitcase, [Laura Kampf]...

Tube Furnace is the Real Hotness We aren’t sure what [theglassman] is working on, but based on his recent projects, we think it is probably something interesting. He’s been decapping ICs, growing oxide on silicon substrates, …read more #hacking #projects

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Tube Furnace Is The Real Hotness

We aren’t sure what [theglassman] is working on, but based on his recent projects, we think it is probably something interesting. He’s ...

Surprisingly Refined Perpetual Motion Device Teardown Perpetual motion devices are either a gag, a scam, or as in the case of this particular toy that [Big Clive] bought on AliExpress, a rather fascinating demonstration of a …read more #hacking #projects

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Surprisingly Refined Perpetual Motion Device Teardown

Perpetual motion devices are either a gag, a scam, or as in the case of this particular toy that [Big Clive] bought on AliExpress, a rather fascina...

How Water Vapor Makes Smartphones Faster Once upon a time, home computers were low-powered enough that they barely needed any cooling at all. An Amiga 500 didn’t even have a heatsink on the CPU, while the …read more #hacking #projects

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How Water Vapor Makes Smartphones Faster

Once upon a time, home computers were low-powered enough that they barely needed any cooling at all. An Amiga 500 didn’t even have a heatsink...

Trapped Soul in Time for Halloween While it is sort of disturbing, it is one of the best uses for a round LCD we’ve seen lately. What is it? Just [vishalsoniindia]’s SoulCage — a pendant that …read more #hacking #projects

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Trapped Soul In Time For Halloween

While it is sort of disturbing, it is one of the best uses for a round LCD we’ve seen lately. What is it? Just [vishalsoniindia]’s Soul...

Spy Tech: The NRO and Apollo 11 When you think of “secret” agencies, you probably think of the CIA, the NSA, the KGB, or MI-5. But the real secret agencies are the ones you hardly ever hear …read more #hacking #projects

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Spy Tech: The NRO And Apollo 11

When you think of “secret” agencies, you probably think of the CIA, the NSA, the KGB, or MI-5. But the real secret agencies are the one...

Radio Shack Rebirth May Have Gone Awry in Alleged Ponzi-Like Scheme Oh, Radio Shack. What a beautiful place you once were, a commercial haven for those seeking RC cars, resistors, and universal remotes. Then, the downfall, as you veered away from …read more #hacking #projects

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Radio Shack Rebirth May Have Gone Awry In Alleged Ponzi-Like Scheme

Oh, Radio Shack. What a beautiful place you once were, a commercial haven for those seeking RC cars, resistors, and universal remotes. Then, the do...

Solar-Powered RC Boat Has Unlimited Range For RC aircraft there are generally legal restrictions that require the craft to stay within line of sight of the operator, but an RC boat or car can in theory …read more #hacking #projects

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Solar-Powered RC Boat Has Unlimited Range

For RC aircraft there are generally legal restrictions that require the craft to stay within line of sight of the operator, but an RC boat or car c...

Coffee by Command: The Speech2Touch Voice Hack If you were to troll your colleagues, you can label your office coffee maker any day with a sticker that says ‘voice activated’. Now [edholmes2232] made it actually come true. …read more #hacking #projects

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Coffee By Command: The Speech2Touch Voice Hack

If you were to troll your colleagues, you can label your office coffee maker any day with a sticker that says ‘voice activated’. Now [e...

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s… an Air Breathing Satellite?! The big problem with Low Earth Orbit is, oddly enough, air resistance. Sure, there’s not enough air to breathe in space, but there is enough to create drag when you’re …read more #hacking #projects

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It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane! It’s… An Air Breathing Satellite?!

The big problem with Low Earth Orbit is, oddly enough, air resistance. Sure, there’s not enough air to breathe in space, but there is enough ...