Computer Hacks

Hacked computers and computer components.

Laptop Hacked into a Cool Desktop PC

    DIY Perks hacked an old damaged laptop into a great looking desktop PC. The PC used has a damaged screen and was purchased for just $15. The guts were removed from the plastic laptop case but when exposed the tiny existing processor fan and heatsink was very loud. Replacing the fan and heatsink with a larger unit the system is now silent. The end result is a great looking

Pizza Box Robot That Shines a Laser in Your Eye

    Michael Reeves is a software developer at Infibit that has made a face tracking robot that is housed in a pizza box, it tries its best to find your eyes and shine a laser in them. The software that runs on a PC was written in C# and uses Emgu CV which is the .NET version of Open CV for the facial recognition portion. A web cam is

ESP8266 WiFi Jammer

This ESP8266 – WiFi Jammer will give you an easy way to play around with easilly booting devices off your wifi network. “Here is the $8 DIY Wifi hacker to try for yourself. This wifi jammer is so tiny you can fit into pocket. and carry it anywhere. it can powered through your power bank. You can perform multiple types of deauth attack, random beacon spam, beacon spam attack.”

Cardboard Computer Build

  Mark Nesselhaus is building a computer the hard way, by using handfuls of transistors and cardboard.   “Attempt to build a computer using cardboard and brass paper fasteners as the base material for all of the logic circuits. Why? Well, the cardboard is free as my workplace puts it in the dumpster and I do not have the funds to buy better material. All of the electronic parts thus far

Poison Tap

  Samy Kamkar had built a device that is called Poison Tap. It is a Raspberry Pi Zero which plugs into the victims USB port. The device that looks like an Ethernet connection, your computer inherently trusts this connection and this is where the exploit starts. ” emulates an Ethernet device over USB (or Thunderbolt) hijacks all Internet traffic from the machine (despite being a low priority/unknown network interface) siphons and

Commodore SX-64 Repair

  Techmoan got his hands on a few SX-64 Computers. This is the portable version of the C-64 that everyone loves. He needed to do a bit of repair but in the end he got 2 working machines. They are still going for a good price since these units are still rare compared to the regular C-64 but you can find them for sale if you look hard enough. Teamed up with

Tiny C64 Hardware Emulator

For everyone that has a fond memory of the C64 this tiny emulator might be of interest. The kickstarter failed but everything is listed so you can make your own. Via: Make “Hardware components MCU: STM32F756IGK6 (ARM Cortex-M7, 216Mhz, UFBGA176) HDMI transmitter: ADV7511W (165Mhz, LQFP-64) SDRAM: IS42S16400J-5BL (200Mhz, 64 Mbit, FBGA)   Mathias created the MEMWA2 using a custom-designed 6-layer PCB just big enough (65 X 45 X 20mm) to fit