Aesthetic DIY Bluetooth Speakers

DIY Bluetooth speaker projects are always a staple here at Hackady. In our latest feature of DIY audio builds, we have [Patrick’s] vinyl cylindrical speaker.

He found a pretty inexpensive Bluetooth audio amplifier on AliExpress. However, the amplifier module oddly enough had a few missing components that were critical to …read more

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Printed It: Print-in-Place PCB Gripper

The goal of Printed It is to showcase creations that truly embrace the possibilities offered by desktop 3D printing. The most obvious examples are designs that can be printed quickly and cheaply enough that they’re a valid alternative to commercially available products. But as previous entries into the series have …read more

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iWings For The New Apple Power Adaptor

You might remember the old Apple MagSafe adaptor with the cute little fold out “wings” that served not only as a pragmatic cable management tool, but in our experience also expedited the inevitable and frayed end of your charger. Apple seems to have remedied the latter by opting for removable …read more

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U.S. indicts 4 Chinese military officials for role in Equifax hack

The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday announced charges against four members of China’s People’s Liberation Army for allegedly hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax and stealing personal information that affected some 145 million Americans. The charges mark an escalation in the U.S. government’s long-running pressure campaign to hold alleged Chinese state-sponsored hacking to account. “The scale of the theft was staggering,” Attorney General William Barr said Monday, adding that the Chinese hackers, “invaded the privacy of many millions of Americans,” stealing credit card information and Social Security Numbers. The four officials — Wu Zhiyong, Wang Qian, Xu Ke, and Lieu Lei — are said to work for the PLA’s 54th Research Institute, which is part of Chinese military. The defendants allegedly exploited a vulnerability in the Apache Struts software to gain persistent access to Equifax’s network. The 2017 breach of Equifax, and the company’s lax security measures, infuriated members of Congress […]

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3D-Printed Tools Turn Bench Vise into Expedient Press Brake

Chances are pretty good that most of us have used a bench vise to do things far beyond its intended use. That’s understandable, as the vise may be the most powerful hand tool in many shops, capable of exerting tons of pressure with the twist of your wrist. Not taking …read more

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Annealing 3D Prints: A Scientific Approach

We’ve all been taught the scientific method: Form a hypothesis, do some experiments, gather some data, and prove or disprove the hypothesis. But we don’t always do it. We will tweak our 3D prints a little bit and think we see an improvement (or not) and draw some conclusions without …read more

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Hackaday Links: December 15, 2019

When you’re right, you’re right. Back in January, we predicted that exoskeletons were about to break out as a mainstream product, and gave several examples of prototypes poised to become products. So it was with interest that we read about Sarcos Robotics and their new Guardian XO, a cyber suit …read more

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From Fail to Wail: Guitar Picks Made from 3D Printed Waste

Between failed prints and iterative designs that need a few attempts before you nail them down, a certain amount of wasted material is essentially unavoidable when 3D printing. The good news is that PLA is a bioplastic and can be broken down via industrial composting, but even still, any method …read more

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Fresh-Squeezed OJ Served In Orange Peel-Ay

Though it’s really more apple cider weather here at Hackaday HQ, freshly-squeezed OJ is a treat that knows no season. Sure generates a lot of peel, though. Not something you think about when you’re used to buying it in jugs at the grocery store. What a waste, huh?

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