Daily Archives: September 5, 2014

Waterbottle to supersoaker

Looks like I missed this kickstarter project, it converts a waterbottle into a pump action supersoaker.  Neat idea, thought a bit pricy when I could just cut a slot in the bottle and squeeze water out.  Still worth keepin and … Continue reading

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Android powered printer

Samsung (not Xerox) has an office based set (10 of them) printers that are run on the Android OS.  Looks pretty slick, but I can’t tell if the UI is a separate controller from the actual printer.  In other words … Continue reading

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Yup, i want a giant light staff too

Pretty crazy project, the  author built a large LED light staff that can pulse, change colors, etc etc.  Building one is a bit sketch in directions, but it sounds like he is not done yet. http://makezine.com/2014/09/04/what-all-larpers-now-need-an-eight-foot-led-light-staff/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=%24%7Bfeed%7D&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+%24%7Bmakezineonline%7D+%28%24%7BMAKE%7D%29&utm_content=%24%7BGoogleReader%7D http://hackaday.io/project/137-Light-Staff%20

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Android on x86

Interesting article on a quasi distro for the x86 for Android.  The author questions the use for this.  Me, its sometimes easier to find old intel systems to tinker with android on, or put it in a VM (yes I … Continue reading

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Nice RPi Arcade build

For a coffee table that is.  My 2 cents, I would have used an existing table if I could.  Another nice build of this style is listed below http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Arcade-Table/ Others: http://www.instructables.com/id/Coffee-Table-Pi/ http://www.instructables.com/id/MAME-gaming-table-with-Raspberry-Pi/  

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The dog silencer

For $100 bucks, it better do the job.  This gizmo will supposedly send ultrasound waves out when a dog is barking to stop them.  Us humans won’t hear it, but they will.  It supposedly can go 300 feet in range, … Continue reading

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Use BurpSentintel to find vulnerabilities in an app

Burp, typically used to proxy and replay attacks on web apps, now has a plugin called BurpSentintel that can point out possible issues in the app as traffic goes by.  This could be worth looking into in the future.  Oh … Continue reading

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