numerous films utilize a similar trope when it concerns poisoning. The aspiring murderer ingests a drink poured from the exact same vessel as that provided to their meant sufferer to suggest the liquid is risk-free to imbibe. The Assassin’s Teapot is a method one might accomplish such a ruse, enabling two different liquids to be…
If you thought programming your 1990s VCR was rough, wait until you see this Russian telephone autodialer that [Mike] took apart over on the mikeselectricalstuff YouTube channel (video below the break). [Mike] got this 1980s Soviet-era machine a few years ago, and finally got around to breaking into it to learning what makes it tick. The autodialer plugs…
The Linksys router seen about is a WRT54G version 1. It famously runs Linux and was the source of much hacking back in the heyday, leading to popular alternative firmware packages such as DD-WRT and Tomato. but the company went away from a Linux-based firmware starting with version 8 of the hardware. now they are…
trying to find a reason to put up a balloon and payload into near-space? Not that one’s necessary, but the global space Balloon challenge has got a variety of good reasons for you to do so, in the form of prizes and swag from their sponsors. choose highest altitude, best photograph, longest ground track, best…
delivery by drone is a reality and Amazon has been pursuing better and faster methods of autonomous package delivery. The us Patent and trademark office just issued a patent to Amazon for a shipping label that has an embedded parachute to guarantee soft landings for future deliveries. The patent itself indicates the construction consisting of…
After getting a vaccination shot, it’s likely that we’ll feel some side-effects. These can variety from simply a sore arm to inflamed lymph nodes as well as even a fever. Which side-effects to expect depend upon the precise vaccine, with each type as well as variant coming with its own listing of typical side-effects. Each…
Microsoft paint was one of the very first innovative outlets for lots of kids when they very first laid hands on a computer in the 1990s. Now, [Volos Projects] has brought the happiness of this basic application to a a lot more compact style on the ESP32! The GUI is a fair bit easier than…
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is not nearly as infamous as CO2, with the latter getting many of the blame for anthropogenic climate change. Yet while steps are being implemented to curb the release of CO2, for SF6 the same does not appear to be the case, despite the potentially much greater impact that SF6 has. This…
[siemen] has entered the terrific world of hobby CNC with his low-buck build of this gantry-style router. It embodies everything we here at had love: resourcefulness, perseverance and results. [siemen] has created his frame using ideas he has found while surfing around the ‘net and is made entirely out of particle board. For linear movement, the…
Nixie tubes, while developed during the vacuum tube age of the mid-20th century, still exist in a niche among hackers. It’s rather the task to get them up as well as running because of a number of quirks, so getting an entire clock to work with Nixie tubes is a badge of honor for those…