A PSOne In the Palm of Your Hand Sony’s original Playstation wasn’t huge, and they did shrink it for re-release later as the PSOne, but even that wasn’t small enough for [Secret Hobbyist]. You may have seen the …read more #hacking #projects

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A PSOne In The Palm Of Your Hand

Sony’s original Playstation wasn’t huge, and they did shrink it for re-release later as the PSOne, but even that wasn’t small eno...

What Happens When a Bug Rears its Head at Mach Two? While some may see amateur rocketry as little more than attaching fins to a motor and letting it fly, it is, in fact, rocket science. This fact became very clear …read more #hacking #projects

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What Happens When A Bug Rears Its Head At Mach Two?

While some may see amateur rocketry as little more than attaching fins to a motor and letting it fly, it is, in fact, rocket science. This fact bec...

Is the Theory of Special Relativity Wrong? There’s an adage coined by [Ian Betteridge] that any headline ending in a question mark can be answered by the word “No”. However, Lorentz invariance – the theory that the …read more #hacking #projects

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Is The Theory Of Special Relativity Wrong?

There’s an adage coined by [Ian Betteridge] that any headline ending in a question mark can be answered by the word “No”. However, Lorentz in...

Project Fail: Cracking a Laptop BIOS Password Using AI Whenever you buy used computers there is a risk that they come with unpleasant surprises that are not of the insect variant. From Apple hardware that is iCloud-locked with the …read more #hacking #projects

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Project Fail: Cracking A Laptop BIOS Password Using AI

Whenever you buy used computers there is a risk that they come with unpleasant surprises that are not of the insect variant. From Apple hardware th...

Building an Escape Room Lockbox with the ESP32 Cheap Yellow Display (CYD) Here’s something fun from [Chad Kapper] over on HackMakeMod: Escape Room Lockbox with the Cheap Yellow Display. You may have heard of the “cheap yellow display” (CYD), so-called due to …read more #hacking #projects

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Building An Escape Room Lockbox With The ESP32 Cheap Yellow Display (CYD)

Here’s something fun from [Chad Kapper] over on HackMakeMod: Escape Room Lockbox with the Cheap Yellow Display. You may have heard of the &#8...

Building a Carousel Autosampler A common task in a laboratory setting is that of sampling, where a bit of e.g. liquid has to be sampled from a series of containers. Doing this by hand …read more #hacking #projects

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Building A Carousel Autosampler

A common task in a laboratory setting is that of sampling, where a bit of e.g. liquid has to be sampled from a series of containers. Doing this by ...

The Random Laser When we first heard the term “random laser,” we did a double-take. After all, most ordinary sources of light are random. One defining characteristic of a traditional laser is that …read more #hacking #projects

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The Random Laser

When we first heard the term “random laser,” we did a double-take. After all, most ordinary sources of light are random. One defining c...

AC Motor Converted into DC eBike Powerplant AC induction motors are everywhere, from ceiling fans to vehicles. They’re reliable, simple, and rugged — but there are some disadvantages. It’s difficult to control the speed without complex electronics, …read more #hacking #projects

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AC Motor Converted Into DC EBike Powerplant

AC induction motors are everywhere, from ceiling fans to vehicles. They’re reliable, simple, and rugged — but there are some disadvanta...

ISS Medical Emergency: An Orbital Ambulance Ride Over the course of its nearly 30 years in orbit, the International Space Station has played host to more “firsts” than can possibly be counted. When you’re zipping around Earth …read more #hacking #projects

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ISS Medical Emergency: An Orbital Ambulance Ride

Over the course of its nearly 30 years in orbit, the International Space Station has played host to more “firsts” than can possibly be ...

Looking at a Real Fake Raspberry Pi RP2040 Board Since the RP2040 microcontroller is available as a stand-alone component, it’s easy enough for third parties to churn out their own variations — or outright clones of — the Raspberry …read more #hacking #projects

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Looking At A Real Fake Raspberry Pi RP2040 Board

Since the RP2040 microcontroller is available as a stand-alone component, it’s easy enough for third parties to churn out their own variation...