Chris Tarnovsky, the owner of Flylogic Engineering spoke to Wired about some of his Smart Card Hacking techniques. It involves lots of dangerous acids to burn off some of the protective layers so it isn’t a DIY project. He is able to probe a data bus on the chip and read or inject information! Below is an image from his blog that shows another chip that has been modified
Here is a great use of some old computer hardware. We have seen hard drives playing music before but not after asking for money. 🙂 "The old PC plays music on using some old floppy and hard drive mechanisms, then opens its CD tray to beg for your spare change. If you don’t pay, he won’t play – it’s as simple as that." Link Via
If you are looking for some inspiration for your next PC case mod have a look at some of these Crazy PC Case Mods! I have seen a few of them before but this Microwave PC Case mod stood out. I love how stock the microwave looks.
Something a bit different this week. As you have probably seen we offer many free technical magazines that can be subscribed to by answering a few questions. The contest this week will be a hunt for the matching magazine. The knife we are giving away this week will help you void warranties like no ones business when you need to crack the next hack open. If you are under
This Robot Power Plant project by Ken Gracey over at Parallax shows how we can get away from using huge batteries for power hungry mobile projects. There are pictures of his second build style after the jump. "Project Purpose: To develop an outdoor robot power system which can deliver many more amp-hours of energy than batteries, using a gas engine and a modified automobile alternator. The initial purpose was not to build a robot,
With just a few tools and a disposable camera you can build an inexpensive stun gun. In the video the wires are simply twisted but you should use a bit of solder to hold the wires securely.
With the Lego NXT being such a versatile platform for building and maintaining projects, I figured I needed to mention this crazy design. Chris Anderson over at diydrones.com built a small RC plane that he transformed into a UAV with a Lego NXT controller and some Robot C code. Any follower of the Lego Mindstorm Series or anyone currently competing in or interested in FIRST robotics will really want to
