This is a cool and informative video I picked up at Hackaday on how to trip a parking garage’s proximity sensor for getting in and out of the garage. Materials needed are one car and a soda can. Hackaday also mentions that a magnet from a hard drive may work just as well, if not better in some situations. Check out the video below.
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Here is an awesome video I came across at Make Magazine’s blog the other day. The video shows a bolt of lightning touching down in super slow motion. Check out the flash and intensity of the bolt when it first finds ground. It is nothing shy of pure bad-ass.
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Wired has published a good old fashioned guide on the ancient art of setting up a wiretap. If you have never taped a phone line before, you will find that it is quite easy and rather inexpensive to do. Check out the article from Wired’s how-to Wiki
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Despite the many flashlight hacks around these days, which often seem to pack tons of candles in a very small package, I have always remained a fan of the Maglite and its doubled use as both a light, and a weapon. If that wasn’t enough for you already, look into this tutorial video by Instructables user jayandersons in which he will show you how to pack a little extra punch to your ol’ Maglite. About 10X more punch to be fair.
In this latest bar trick from scam school, you will set your victims up with a very intriguing and seemingly impossible puzzle that’s sure to pique their curiosity and draw them in. The solution is so clever, the spectator will never see it coming. Watch the video below or stop by Scam School’s video channel.
This one comes from Make Magazine’s weekend projects. In this project Kip will show you how to build a very simple in-car camcorder mount for around $15. Surprisingly it appears to work quite well as well as take killer shots on the move. You can watch the how-to video by KipKay below or download the PDF Here. Or if you prefer, view the pictorial at instructables.
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Instructables user KaptinScarlet has posted a rather in-depth tutorial for building a USB powered Batman spotlight Should you feel the need to call upon the Caped Crusader. The project has little to no cost, and you most likely already have most of the parts necessary laying around the house. Check out his project here.
Came across this great tutorial, by Gary Honis, while browsing through Make Magazine’s blog the other day on how to modify a webcam so that you can easily use it to take astronomy photos through your telescope. The project looks quite simple and will only require an additional $20-$30 in parts plus an old webcam. He uses a Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 however I’m sure you can find a way to do this with just about any webcam. The tutorial site was down yesterday as a result of traffic overload however Gary appears to have put it back up. Link to Gary Honis’s astro webcam…..
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Instructables user stonehenge360 has a very clever way of hiding your usb drive. Simply just wire it up to a phone jack and in the wall it goes. In his tutorial he walks you through the process step-by-step and even shows you how to make a (phone 2 USB) cable to hook it up. A little bit of work for some concealment but, if you are the ninja type, this one is definitely for you. Link to the tutorial…
Picked up this little gem earlier while browsing through Gizmodo. Below is an excellent video of the recent solar eclipse as seen from 27,000 feet in the air. This is some truly amazing footage.
The next video is another amazing look at the eclipse from ground level in Siberia.
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Now that’s a big magnet! Below is a gigantic magnet which is part of an end cap to the ATLAS particle detector in the Large Hadron Collider, set to begin tests early this month. To help marvel at its beauty, Boston.com has published an article with an awesome set of pictures of the LHC to show you just how massive and glorious this thing truly is. Link to article and photos.
If you are not familiar with the LHC, check out the wiki here.
Instructables user, TheInventor, has put together a most excelent tutorial on using a laser, or IR pen, to control your computer through tracking software and a webcam. You only need to compile the software and have access to a webcam. All necessary files have links within the instructable here
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It seems like many of the times I go camping, I find myself wishing I had brought along more cookware. This always ensures that I eat one dish at a time rather than the whole meal at once. I would bring more, but I usually find myself pinched for space and a few pots and pans generally take up more space than they should. So here is my solution to the problem. If the cookware wont fit inside itself, then make it fit! I have posted an instuctable here, on my setup if you wish to see the details.
KipKay has released yet another great hack. This time he shows you how to spy on air traffic control and other civilian aviation band frequencies. No extra parts needed. You just need an old transistor radio, a philips and flathead screwdriver, and some free time.
I don’t why, but lately I seem to be stumbling upon a great deal of material related to keys. This one is certainly one of the most interesting, and sneaky projects yet. I-hacked.com has posted an interesting how-to on duplicating a key via a camera phone. Basically you take a quarter (for scale), place it next to a key that someone has left lying around, and take a top-down shot of it with your camera phone. Once you have the picture uploaded you can then begin scaling a print of the photo to match the proper size of the quarter. You then cutout the print and then use a piece of aluminum from a can to cutout against the printout thus giving you a thin, working key that can be inserted into your unsuspecting cubicle mate’s locked cabinet for your next office prank. Link to tutorial at i-hacked.
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