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3D PRINTERING: MAKING A thing WITH OPENSCAD

This week, we’re starting off with OpenSCAD, a 3D modelling program that’s a lot more like programming than drawing. A great deal of beneficial 3D printable objects – including the parts for a great deal of RepRaps – are created in OpenSCAD, so ideally by the end of this you’ll be able to style your […]

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TAKE TO THE SKIES WITH THIS flying RC SUPERHERO

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…. A flying RC incredibly hero? No, you’re not imagining things. maker [Greg Tanous] likes both RC airplanes as well as incredibly heroes, so he believed it would be remarkable to integrate his two likes into one spectacular toy. The RCSuperhero is available in two flavors, measuring 75″ as […]

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SCOPE REVIEW: KEYSIGHT 1000 X-SERIES

A few weeks back we published an short article on the recently released Keysight 1000X, an oscilloscope that marks Keysight’s late however welcome entry into the hacker-centric entry-level market. Understandably, this range is triggering a great deal of excitement as it promises to bring a few of the high-end pedigree of the widely known 2000X as well […]

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NEW 3D printing method – FRICTION WELDING

even though 3D printers can fabricate complex shapes that would be almost impossible to mill, they are not well fit to styles needing bridging or with big empty spaces. To conquer this, [Scorch] has used an simple plastic welding method that works with both ABS as well as PLA. All you requirement is a rotary […]

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SMART ruler has numerous features

For those of us who keep in mind old sphere mice, they were a great deal like contemporary optical mice except that they needed to be cleaned constantly. having optical mice as a common method of interacting with a computer is a major enhancement over previous eras in computing. With extinction of the sphere mouse, […]

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EASY POWER supply MOD TAKES manage

affordable bench top power supplies are fantastic for the house hobbyist, featuring large voltage variety as well as present limiting for a low price. What’s not to love? The controls; a lot of have a single-turn pot that is generally extremely fidgety, particularly at low voltage. The option is to replace the factory pots with […]

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PENETRATION testing WITH THE RASPBERRY PI

PwnPi is a penetration testing distribution rolled up for the Raspberry Pi platform. This should come as no surprise to anyone. The RPi board has a beefy processor, it’s fairly low power, has the choice of the on-board NIC or a USB WiFi dongle, as well as it already has Linux kernel as well as […]

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USING 30 YEAR OLD MICROCONTROLLERS

like a great deal of electronic tinkerers, [Andrew] has a great deal of ancient elements floating around his parts bin. His newest rediscovery in his cornucopia of elements are a few Intel MCS-48 microcontrollers, dating back to 1977. together with a few old EPROMs, [Andrew] chose it was worth getting these chips running again, if […]

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RASPBERRY PI managed storage tank GOES deeper THAN YOU may believe

This remote manage storage tank now takes its orders from a Raspberry Pi board. Well, really it’s taking orders from commands pushed to the RPi board through SSH. The manage plan works out rather well. utilizing a low-profile WiFi dongle the RPi immediately links to the wireless network when it is powered on. This makes […]

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AUTOMATED LED HALLWAY lighting

If normal hallway lighting just doesn’t live up to your standards, this hack may be for you. When [Sean] fitted his kitchen, he replaced the flooring leading up to it.  In true hacker form, he made a decision to forgo (supplement?) standard lighting and came up with his own solution. This option involved embedding the […]

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