Hacking Heavy Trucks

If you are looking to have some fun with the network of your big vehicle this video would be fun for you. The CAN bus is probably the vehicle bus that you have heard about but there are many other bus standards that are used when digging into your semi truck. Instead of purchasing a $100,000 truck they built a truck electronic emulation systems.

Great Alternative to Regular Helping Hands

    Proto G shows us a Great Alternative to Regular Helping Hands. We use them all the time to hold a few things in place when you are soldering etc. But they are often not as precise as you would like to have them. These machinist  clamps and articulating arm look to be a great addition to any work bench.  

Baby Bottle Robot

  Do you have a baby that is keeping you up all night? This Baby Bottle Robot uses negative reinforcement to curb the baby from continuing. This robot will gently swing the bottle over to the crib, punch the baby in the face to firmly lay the baby on their back and of course drops the bottle within reach of the baby. Give this a few days of operation and you

Open Source Firmware for DPS5005 Power Supply

  This DPS5005  Power Supply is a powerful compact unit. It has a ton of functionality as it is. Johan Kanflo wanted some more features though. He created an Open Source Firmware version for DPS5005 Power Supply to add those features.  Unfortunately the firmware was locked so it couldn’t be sucked out and examined / modified. The PCB has a serial port that is wired to the controller but is not

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.”

Inside the TESLA Model S Battery

    jehugarcia shows us what is Inside the TESLA Model S Battery. There are lots of bolts holding the battery pack together. Why are they ripping apart this huge battery? To make smaller battery packs to power other electric cars. As you can see from the video this pack is built like a tank. It is not meant to be services since it is all glued together. With a bit

DIY Plasma Cutter Notcher

  Make it Extreme shows us how he built this DIY Plasma Cutter Notcher. The video shows the interesting build process. The end result is a great looking jig that handles the plasma cutter with precision.  End end result is a compact machine that can easily make very repeatable pipe notches and cuts.