Complex Hacks

Toriton Plus: Water Surface as Music Controller

  This water instrument looks like fun to play, doesn’t look like the easiest project to build but I might have to add it to the list. “It is really very easy. I do not claim to be an electronics professional, or even know anything about anything. The laser shines through the water in the dish, and LDR’s on the other side respond to the position of the laser points

Hacking Microsoft Xbox 360 - DVD Drive Firmware flashing

  If you are tired of damaging games you bought, this hack might be a great way for you to simply play with a backup of the game. “Once you have this firmware you can then patch it to remove the media lock allowing you to boot backups. All the dics you burn have to be Dual Layer, even if the burned image is only 3gig, it must still be

Small Tesla Coil Overview

  Roger has been quite busy. You might remember his large Tesla coil video that we featured some time ago. Have a look at the collection of videos that he has made so far (many more to come). “This small DC Tesla coil has very high BPS makeing it sound like someone scratching there finger nails on a chalk board. “

AmateurLogic.TV Episode 10

  Use your old satellite dish to enhance your Wifi punch. “The Active Cantenna is Back! But this time we’ve added a Direct TV Satellite Dish to see what wifi improvements, if any, it makes. Jim finishes the Pudding Cup Capacitor in this episode. Tommy brings us some cool night time photography tricks (or treats). And George found a neat Free PDF creation tool you just may want. “

Home-Built Robotic Sentry Gun

  This project is not your standard weekend project! Not sure what it is shooting, airsoft pellets perhaps? “The idea of this project was to create a fully-automated sentry gun, capable of picking out a human target and accurately tracking and shooting him or her in the heart. Really, the idea was to find a cool robotics project for the summer while I was working at an advertising agency, and

HBO SPECIAL - Hacking Democracy - Diebold Vote Manipulation

  This is a series of 9 videos that show an amazing HBO documentary about how non-secure the Diebold voting system is and how easy it is to hack. Click on the “more” link if you only see the first video on this page. HBO may take this content off YouTube but I think if their intent is to share their message with the world they will allow for it

Aaron Bowser's CNC Machine

Thinking about building a CNC machine? Hacked Gadgets forum member, Aaron Bowser has a site loaded with information on how to build one. Not only is there helpful information about his design, there is also a vast number of links to other resources. “The mechanical design of the machine was based on a survey of CNC machine websites and on the availability of used and surplus parts. A y-axis gantry