GanjaTron’s web site has some interesting items on it but the most interesting is his HP ScanJet hack. He found an article by HP that demonstrated an easter egg for the scanner. There is a PlayTune command that allows the user to send commands to the scanner that will move the scanner head in such a way that it produces a sound note! I guess some of the design engineers
Western Digital on Thursday announced the Raptor X hard drive, a new product line geared for the modding community. The Raptor X, which incorporates many of the features WD has included in its enterprise line of hard drives, trades performance for size: the 150-GByte SATA drive spins at 10,000 RPMs. In a unique twist, the drive also includes a clear cover, so that modders can show off the internals of
By now everyone has heard of the Xbox 360 issues with the power supplies. I don’t know what type of quality control or product testing was done on the Xbox 360 but there could have been more. Hackaday has an interesting solution to the problem. “Ran Mokady took a pretty big gamble with this project, but didn’t really have any other choice: his power supply was broken and he couldn’t
For those who haven’t heard there is a new Robosapien on the loose. This new version is bigger and badder than the previous version. It also have a revolutionary name “Robosapien V2”, well I guess it is to the point :). This new platform is proving to be great for hacking but the $250 price point may put out of range for some people. PCMAG say ” At $250, the
Dave Bullock of www.eecue.com has hacked the new Furby. Well he hasn’t done much hacking yet, he has removed the skin to expose the inner workings and show what makes the thing tick. “If you haven’t seen one before they are basically armless Mogwais with beaks. New Furbys are powered by the Sensory Inc’s RSC-4128 which is a multi-purpose microprocessor that does everything from voice recognition to text-to-speach to IO
Microsoft might have accidentally given hackers the backdoor they need to run unsigned discs. The same group that managed to extract and copy Xbox 360 discs has now discovered a flaw in the PAL version of the Xbox 360 kiosk demo disc. The group, calling themselves Pi, said this, “It seems Microsoft was in such a hurry to get this stuff out that they forgot to set the media protection
This is a very simple and fun use of a dying computer monitor. Jacob’s ladders have been around forever, but I don’t think one has ever been made in this way before. Check out the video on his site to see it in action! read more | digg story
