Decoding a 350 Year Old Coded Message Usually, a story about hacking a coded message will have some computer element or, at least, a machine like an Enigma. But [Ruth Selman] recently posted a challenge asking if …read more #hacking #projects image
JLCPCB Locking Accounts, Mentions “Risky IP Addresses, Activities” In the past week, a few forum and Reddit threads have popped up, with people stating that JLCPCB has emailed them with a notice, saying their accounts are set up …read more #hacking #projects image
Was The Napier Nomad The Most Complex Aero Engine Ever Made? From 1945 to 1955, a British aeronautical company called Napier & Son produced not just one but two versions of an intricate hybrid piston engine, which they named the Napier …read more #hacking #projects image
2025 Component Abuse Challenge: A Self-Charging LED Flasher By Burkhard Kainka [Tito] entered a Self-Charging LED Flasher into the Component Abuse Challenge. It’s a simple re-build of a design by the unstoppable [Burkhard Kainka], and while [Tito] doesn’t explain its workings …read more #hacking #projects image
A Toolchanging Inverse SCARA 3D Printer There are some times when a picture, or better yet a video, really is worth a thousand words, and [heinz]’s dual-disk polar 3D printer is one of those projects. Perhaps …read more #hacking #projects image
Bit-banged 100 MBit/s Ethernet Transmission on Raspberry Pi Pico The Raspberry Pi Pico is a very capable board, but it’s still a surprise to see bit-banged 100 MBit/s Fast Ethernet implemented on one. [Steve]’s Pico-100BASE-TX library allows an RP2040 …read more #hacking #projects image
Broken Phone To Cinema Camera With A Lens Upgrade The advent of the mobile phone camera has caused a revolution in film making over the last couple of decades, lowering the barrier to entry significantly, and as the cameras …read more #hacking #projects image
Precision, Imprecision, Intellectual Honesty, and Little Green Men If you’ve been following the hubbub about 3I/ATLAS, you’re probably either in the camp that thinks it’s just a comet from ridiculously far away that’s managed to find its way …read more #hacking #projects image
A Solar Oven for Cloudy Days Every Boy Scout or Girl Guide probably had the experience of building a simple solar oven: an insulated box, some aluminum foil, and plastic wrap, and voila! On warm, sunny, …read more #hacking #projects image
Hacking a Banned Chinese Security Camera Over on YouTube [Matt Brown] hacks a Chinese security camera recently banned by the US government. If you didn’t hear about this you can find out more over here: Major …read more #hacking #projects image