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Garage door… packet sniffer

Garage door… packet sniffer

Some type of logger or sniffer exists for almost every form of electronic communication. Your keystrokes, phone conversations, and wireless networks could all be monitored.

Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.10.03 at 14:58

Growing algae with an Arduino

Growing algae with an Arduino

We’ve seen automated grow boxes of all shapes and sizes, but all were for growing plants. [Jared] over at Inventgeek wanted to do something similar for his algae.

Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.10.02 at 16:10

Halloween prop: portable black light

Halloween prop: portable black light

[Joshua] wrote in to show us this great Halloween tip. He wanted to take his 4 foot long black light along with him on Halloween. You can buy portable versions, but he realized he had enough parts laying around to slap together a portable one himself.

Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.10.02 at 11:39

Batcave-style entrance (on a budget)

Batcave-style entrance (on a budget)

Want to enter your hidden lair in style? Well [Jimmy] simply wanted to create a cool prop for his school’s homecoming dance.  This project includes some obvious inspiration from Wayne Manor.

Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.29 at 19:46

The incredible breakfast machine

A lot of us skip breakfast in the morning, be it because we don’t have time to make something, don’t have the patience, or for some other reason.

Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.28 at 19:00

Halloween props: DMX controlled skeleton

[scarylady] has posted this video about her setup. The skeleton was rigged up to a rotating base with a single pneumatic solenoid to jostle it. She then goes on to show how she has it all connected to her computer with an explanation of the software setup.

Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.28 at 15:40

Open Source Weapon Makes You Puke

Open Source Weapon Makes You Puke

[Limor] of Adafruit Industries and the Ice Tube Clock has made her own open source non-lethal weapon: The Bedazzler. After attending a conference by the DHS where she saw the big-budget Dazzler, she decided to make her own.

Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.28 at 08:32

Word clock: tell the time with words

Word clock: tell the time with words

[drj113]  posts his cool word clock. After seeing a similar clock on an industrial design website, he set out to make his own version. He made custom pcbs with the toner-etch method.

Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.27 at 20:03

Open garage door indicator

Open garage door indicator

How many times has this one happened to you? Just coming home from work, you walk in from the garage, settle down, and pick up the newspaper. But wait, did you remember to shut the garage door? Presenting the open garage door indicator.

Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.26 at 20:08

140 db alarm clock hack

This silly little video caught our attention. It is an alarm clock, hacked with two amazingly loud car horns. They are using a laptop power brick to push the two external car horns.

Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.09.25 at 17:50


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