Monthly Archives: July 2015

Turn an old harddrive into a grinder

Posted on July 31, 2015 by robertwilkie

Or sander.  Nice and simple build if you need a grinder.  Me…I think I will just go to harbor frieght ($19). http://www.instructables.com/id/Turn-your-Junk-Hard-Disk-into-a-tool-grinder/

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Another concrete printer, better quality, less details

Posted on July 31, 2015 by robertwilkie

Another team of students build a conrete printer that looks like better quality than the last one.  But no details on it.  Its based off of a rep-rap and looks like it uses alot of PVC and wood.  The quality … Continue reading →

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How to install a whole house fan

Posted on July 31, 2015 by robertwilkie

OK this is interesting, looks like the newer versions of whole house fans are much easier to install than the old ones.  The old ones used to require cutting the joists, looks like the new ones will slip right in. … Continue reading →

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Another car (GM) hacked

Posted on July 31, 2015 by robertwilkie

This time the author figured out a way into onstar with GM cars.  Looks like the car manufactures need to start a pen test team for part of there QA process.  No word on the hardware the author used to … Continue reading →

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Hey look, Rochester is one of the top Vermin infested Cities in USA

Posted on July 31, 2015 by robertwilkie

Not sure if this is something to brag about. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-30/these-are-the-most-vermin-filled-cities-in-the-u-s-

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Make you own real fire sword

Posted on July 31, 2015 by robertwilkie

Another good video from backyard scientist. http://sploid.gizmodo.com/a-sword-made-of-fire-is-the-coolest-thing-1721151017

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Turn off sharing patches/updates with your Window10 box

Posted on July 31, 2015 by robertwilkie

So you installed Windows 10 and noticed that your bandwitdh on your network is going down.  Well it could be that you are sharing patches with other boxes instead of those systems getting them directly from Microsoft.  Here’s how to … Continue reading →

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Simple Peristaltic pump

Posted on July 30, 2015 by robertwilkie

Nice pump that you can 3D print out and use with a stepper for precise control.  All controlled with an arduino http://hackaday.com/2015/07/29/university-peristaltic-pump-has-hacker-heritage/ http://blogs.rsc.org/chipsandtips/2015/06/26/diy-peristaltic-pump/

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Hacking a Brinks Safe

Posted on July 30, 2015 by robertwilkie

The video in this is worth watching.  Basically it looks like Brinks put a PC on the front of some of its commercial safes.  And it looks like its a Windows XP box with…an open USB port. Gee and it … Continue reading →

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Build a cheap 3D printer enclosure with 2 endtables

Posted on July 29, 2015 by robertwilkie

I almost fell over after seeing this one.  The author wanted an enclosure for his 3D printer, so with some cheap ($10 each) end tables, LEDs, plex glass, and some other bits he put a nice looking one together.  Only … Continue reading →

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