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Category Archives: Tinkering
Need to dim and overhead LED light?
Interesting build. They author basically 3D printed an Iris to act as a shade for the LED lights. It looks pretty impressive.
Posted in Cheap, CNC/3D-printing, Misc-Life
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Crypto for the IoT
This is for real embedded system that have very limited memory and CPU. Bascially its adding AES to the ESP family over MQTT. Practical IoT Cryptography on the Espressif ESP8266
Posted in Arduino, Cheap, Misc-Life, Security
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Pyrasite, inject your code into running python processes
This just…is so bad. It looks like if you have the same priv’s and the exe’s, you can use this to inject your own code into the running python code. pyrasite – Inject Code Into Running Python Processes
Posted in Security, Software Development
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I forsee folks getting free parking in the future
The author figured out how to sniff some of the garage gates and get them to trip using an 433 MHz OOK module and an arduino. I see a future here where folks use this to bypass parking garage gates. … Continue reading
Posted in Arduino, Cheap, Misc-Life, Security
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This lounger was made out of 2×4 like materials
This is pretty amazing looking bench. What really impressed me is the whole thing was originally a bunch of 2×4 and 2xX planks. The author then used a grinder bit called the “Turboplane” (at $130) to carve out the chair. … Continue reading
Posted in Misc-Life, woodworking
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This plotter is the perfect build for kids
This plotter could not be easier to build. 4 rulers, 2 steppers, and a servo are all you need…oh and ways to bolt the rulers together. Oh and an arduino and stepper controllers too. https://www.instructables.com/id/CNC-Dual-Arm-Plotter/
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Make an beer pack with your CNC
Nice build. If you have a tabletop sized CNC that is. https://www.instructables.com/id/Wood-Beer-Pack/
Posted in Cheap, CNC/3D-printing, Misc-Life
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HAHAHAHA this is a pretty clever build for cutting bars the same size
The author uses an arduino and a home made encoder to measure the cuts. http://hackaday.com/2017/06/04/arduino-and-encoder-form-precision-jig-for-cutting-and-drilling/
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Did you want to use a Vinyl Cutter with Linux?
If so here is a a nice write up on how to use Inkscape with Ubuntu and a Silhoeutte cutter. Been toying with the idea of getting a cutter for a few years myself. http://www.instructables.com/id/Inkscape-Silhouette-UbuntuRPi/ Another write up here https://petervojtek.github.io/diy/2015/01/19/cutting-down-costs-of-cutting-with-silhouette-cutter.html … Continue reading
Posted in Cheap, CNC/3D-printing, Linux, Misc-Life, Tools
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Ha, simple robot build
This one is pretty impressive build. With an RPi and some simple motor controllers. http://hackaday.com/2017/05/31/zerobot-is-as-simple-as-it-gets/
Posted in RaspberryPi, robots
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