February 2, 2013

Name the Thing Contest – 220

  The prize this week is a breadboard power supply. This contest will run for one week (Feb 2  – 8, 2013). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with “Name the Thing Contest” as the subject, and the message

DIY SMD Metal Stencil using a Pop Can

      Using Muriatic Acid (found at your local hardware store) and Hydrogen Peroxide (found at your local drug store) Felix Rusu from LowPowerLab was able to make a DIY SMD Metal Stencil using a Pop Can. He cut out a section of the aluminum can wall and transferred the SMD pad image to the metal using the toner transfer method. Touching up some of the imperfect areas of the

The First Software Patent

  Thanks to Danielle from PBS for sending in this interesting video about The First Software Patent. They will be releasing a new video every 2 weeks, check out the channel for a bunch of interesting ones they have already released (there are 6 so far). The guy who invented the screw in coffin might not get rich from the idea but if this was available when the idea of

Inside a Keurig B40

  If you want to hack a Keurig B40 the first thing you will need to do is get inside. As we can see by the video that Jared McClenahan sent in that is easier said than done. Gone are the days when things were made to be taken apart and fixed. It doesn’t look like these machines were made to be taken apart after the main housing assemblies were snapped