Collaborate Disseminate
Fears are raised about cyber bioterrorists, there’s a widespread blackout for IoT devices caused by a cloud cock-up, and what role do strippers play in a revamp of the United States’s computer crime laws?
All this and much more is discussed in the l… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #207: Cyber biowarfare, giant ladybugs, and strippers
World-chess-champion-turned-activist Garry Kasparov joins us as we discuss celebrity lookalikes, smartphone fleeceware, the impact Coronavirus is having on security, and how a popular new video game is being used for political ends.
All this and much m… Continue reading Smashing Security #174: Garry Kasparov and Animal Crossing
[Diyguypt] may be an altruist to provide the means for people who can’t manipulate chess pieces to play the game. Or he may just have his hands too busy with food and drink to play. Either way, his voice command chessboard appears to work, although it has a lot of …read more
Continue reading Voice Chess Uses Phone, Arduino, And An Electromagnet
We’ve all seen those chess computers that consist out of a physical playing field, and a built-in computer that would indicate where you should put its pieces while inputting the position of your pieces in some way. These systems are usually found in a dusty cardboard box in a back …read more
Continue reading A Colorful Way To Play Chess On An ATmega328
Chess is a game that originated so long ago, we don’t have concrete information as to its origins. Rules have changed throughout history, and many continue to study and experiment with the game. [Yann Guidon] has a neighbour, [Bob], who is just one such enthusiast, and together, they built a …read more
UltraChess is a vintage chess game for the 8-bit MSX platform, running on the Z80. [flok] wondered just how capable the game really was, and set forth to test it against a variety of other chess engines.
Having been designed in the 1980s, UltraChess is far from up-to-date as far …read more
Continue reading Pitting 8-Bit Chess Games Against Modern Foes
Don’t hire a hacker, they might scam you! What works and what doesn’t when it comes to protecting your email account? And China’s controversial social credit system comes under the microscope.
All this and much more is discussed in th… Continue reading Smashing Security #129: Too Long; Didn’t Listen
Don’t hire a hacker, they might scam you! What works and what doesn’t when it comes to protecting your email account? And China’s controversial social credit system comes under the microscope.
All this and much more is discussed in th… Continue reading Smashing Security #129: Too Long; Didn’t Listen
When programming for modern platforms, the restraints are different to those of 30 years ago. Back in the dawn of the microcomputer age, storage and RAM were measured in kilobytes. It simply wasn’t possible to store large amounts of graphical data, and even code had to be pared back at …read more
If you are a Harry Potter fan, you might remember that one of the movies showed an Isle of Lewis chess set whose pieces moved in response to a player’s voice commands. This feat has been oft replicated by hackers and [amoyag00] has a version that brings together a Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Android, and the Stockfish chess engine in case you want to play by yourself. You can see a video of the game, below.
Interestingly, the system uses Marlin — the 3D printing software — to handle motion using the Arduino. We suppose moving chess pieces over a path …read more