Craft stores are frequently the source of strange inspiration. In the discolored glass section, we’ve seen the copper foil, as well as even utilized it to prototype some RF circuits on the tops of shoeboxes. However, we might never get a great technique for linking ICs to the fairly thick foil. [Bryan Cera] did it…
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The power that a Graphics Processing system presents can be harnessed to do some filthy work when trying to fracture passwords. [Vijay] took a look at a few of the choices available for cracking passwords as well as discovered that utilizing the GPU creates the right password in a fraction of the time. On a…
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Animatronics for films is commonly about making something that works as well as is trustworthy in the short term. It doesn’t have to be pretty, it doesn’t have to last forever. [Corporate Sellout] shows us the minimalist approach to building animatronics with this pair of special eyes. These eyes relocation in both the pan as well…
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searching for something to replace the flat screen display that was amazing in your house ten years ago? how about a circular display similar to a snowglobe (crystal ball?) that will display the image you are viewing correctly no matter at what angle you view it. This amazing student project from Queens university combines elements…
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[Bill Meara] was viewing the international space station and the shuttle discovery pass overhead a few weeks ago, which rekindled an interest he gave up long ago – sending and receiving radio packets from space. Years ago, he used to send APRS packets into space with a small rig powered by a 286 computer and…
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