You Break It, We Fix It

From hackaday.com 3 months ago in Blogs

Apple’s AirTags have caused a stir, but for all the wrong reasons. First, they turn all iPhones into Bluetooth LE beacon repeaters, without the owner’s permission. The phones listen for …read more

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Receive Virtual Postcards on This Beautiful E-Ink Photo Frame

From hackaday.com 19 hours ago in Blogs

Sending postcards to loved ones used to be standard procedure for travelers back when travel was glamorous and communications were slow. While some travelers still keep this tradition alive, many …read more

Bi-Color Filament Kicks 3D Printed Optical Illusions Up a Notch

From hackaday.com 22 hours ago in Blogs

A new video from [Make Anything] shows off a nice combo that has a real visual impact: ambiguous shapes that look different depending on what angle they are viewed at, …read more

Smart Contact Lenses Put You Up Close to the Screen

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

Google Glass didn’t take off as expected, but — be honest — do you really want to walk around with that hardware on your head? The BBC recently covered Mojo, …read more

VR Spectrum Analyzer

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

At one point or another, we’ve probably all wished we had a VR headset that would allow us to fly around our designs. While not quite the same, thing, [manahiyo831] …read more

Building your own 8088 XT motherboard

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

There was a time when an XT-class motherboard — like the old IBM PC with an 8088 CPU — was a high-tech accomplishment. Now, something like that is easily within …read more

Voyager 1 Talks Some Nonsense, But Is Still Working

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

The Voyager 1 interplanetary probe was launched in 1977 and has now reached interstellar space where it is the furthest-traveled man-made object. It’s hugely exceeded its original mission and continues …read more

HP-200LX Runs Website Like it’s the 90s

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

The HP-200LX palmtop was a fascinating machine for its time, and [Terrence Vergauwen] proves that its time is not yet over, given that one is responsible for serving up the …read more

A Receive Antenna Switcher With An Espressif Brain

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

It’s not uncommon for a radio enthusiast to have multiple antennas for the same radio, so as you might expect it’s also entirely usual to have a bunch of coaxial …read more

One Solution, Many Problems

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

You might think you’re lucky when one of your problems has multiple solutions, and you get to pick and choose, but you’re even luckier when one solution has many problems! …read more

TurtleAuth DIY Security Token Gets (Re)designed for Durable, Everyday Use

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

[Samuel]’s first foray into making DIY hardware authentication tokens was a great success, but he soon realized that a device intended for everyday carry and use has a few different …read more