Secret Ingredients
We were talking on the podcast about rope. But not just any rope – especially non-stretchy rope for using in a mechanical context. The hack in question was a bicycle …read more Continue reading Secret Ingredients
Author Archives: Elliot Williams
Crazy Old Machines
Al and I were talking about the IBM 9020 FAA Air Traffic Control computer system on the podcast. It’s a strange machine, made up of a bunch of IBM System …read more Continue reading Crazy Old Machines
Get Bored!
My son went over to a friends house this afternoon, when my wife had been planning on helping him with his French homework. This meant she had an hour or …read more Continue reading Get Bored!
For the Fun of It
I was off at the Chaos Communication Congress last weekend, and one of the big attractions for one who is nerdily inclined is seeing all of the personal projects that …read more Continue reading For the Fun of It
39C3: Liberating ESP32 Bluetooth
Bluetooth is everywhere, but it’s hard to inspect. Most of the magic is done inside a Bluetooth controller chip, accessed only through a controller-specific Host-Controller Interface (HCI) protocol, and almost …read more Continue reading 39C3: Liberating ESP32 Bluetooth
39C3: Recreating Sandstorm
Some synthesizer sounds are just catchy, but some of them are genre-defining. We think you could make that case for the Roland JP-8000 patch “Sandstorm”, which you’ve heard if you …read more Continue reading 39C3: Recreating Sandstorm
39C3: Hacking Washing Machines
Many of us have them, few of us really hack on them: well, here we’re talking about large home appliances. [Severin von Wnuck-Lipinski] and [Hajo Noerenberg] were both working on …read more Continue reading 39C3: Hacking Washing Machines
39C3: Hardware, and the Hard Bit
The 39th annual Chaos Communication Congress (39C3) is underway, and it kicked off with a talk that will resonate deeply with folks in the Hackaday universe. [Kliment] gave an impassioned invitation …read more Continue reading 39C3: Hardware, and the Hard Bit
Hackaday Podcast Ep 351: Hackaday Goes To Chaos Communication Congress
Elliot was of at Europe’s largest hacker convention: Chaos Communication Congress. He had an awesome time, saw more projects than you might think humanely possible, and got the flu. But …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast Ep 351: Hackaday Goes To Chaos Communication Congress
Retrocomputing: Simulacrum or the Real Deal?
The holidays are rapidly approaching, and you probably already have a topic or two to argue with your family about. But what about with your hacker friends? We came upon …read more Continue reading Retrocomputing: Simulacrum or the Real Deal?