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All that’s needed is a retro paintjob, miniMAME

Posted: July 22nd, 2010, 6:24pm MDT by Jakob Griffith

[Tim's] miniMAME‘s construction follows the “light and cheap” approach, using foam core board and hot glue. Sure it won’t last a nuclear attack, but at least it’s light enough to carry to a friend’s house. With a removable netbook at the core, CCFLs, speakers, trackball, and mini arcade fighting stick, the project completely surpassed our [...]
Release the Kraken: Open source GSM cracking tool released.

Posted: July 22nd, 2010, 1:58pm MDT by Caleb Kraft

Open source GSM cracking software called “Kraken” has been released into the wild. You may recognize some of the information from back in December when we announced that they had cracked GSM encryption. Well, now you can participate as well. You’ll need a pretty beefy Linux machine and some patience. They say that an easier [...]
Making mobile audio work at home

Posted: July 22nd, 2010, 11:54am MDT by Mike Szczys

[Nikita] made a great find while cleaning out his garage: a set of audio amplifiers from a 1986 Volvo. After a bit of testing, he dislodged a stuck relay and set out to use these amps for a home audio system. He grabbed some left over brackets from his TV mount and used them as [...]
Mouse controlled manipulator arm

Posted: July 22nd, 2010, 10:00am MDT by Mike Szczys

[Oleg] worked out a way to use his USB mouse to control this manipulator arm. Using a Lynxmotion AL5D (we’ve seen the AL5A previously) he drives the six servos with an Arduino servo shield. A USB host shield handles the HID end for connecting the mouse. The video after the break says it all, [Oleg] [...]
Adding a serial port to a Dockstar

Posted: July 22nd, 2010, 9:03am MDT by Mike Szczys

If you don’t look close you might think this Seagate Dockstar is in stock condition. But look at the three holes in the white case just above the thumb drive which act as a serial connection for the Dockstar. [Firestorm_v1] posted the instructions after see our post about installing OpenWRT on the device. He did [...]
Chipophone plays video game classics

Posted: July 22nd, 2010, 8:01am MDT by Mike Szczys

This thrift shop organ gets a new life as an 8-bit music maker. Called the Chipophone, it relies on an ATmega88 to produce sounds that you might associate with classic video gaming. [Linus Akesson] takes us through all of the different sound settings in the video after the break, including performances of your theme music [...]