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Hackaday.com - Shocking weeds into submission with 2400 Volts!

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This Hackaday.com video shows how [Jack] took apart a microwave oven and used its transformer to create a weed-destroying probe that sends 2400 Volts through the plant, directly to the roots.




In this video, [Jack] initially has the probe wired incorrectly. You can find a photo showing the proper wiring on the original blog post page, which can be found here:
http://hackaday.com/2011/08/16/video-shocking-weeds-into-sub­mission-with-2400-volts/

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ShockDrone: a Hacked quadcopter drone.

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http://hackaday.com/2012/08/27/the-taserdrone-a-shocking-mod­-for-the-ar-drone/
hackaday modifies the Parrot AR Drone to be a little more shocking. music by Kevin MacLeod.

Hacked remote control helicopter, drone hacks, weaponized drone

People's choice entry for Hackaday in the RedBull Creation contest

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Music by Kevin McLeod.
full video and writeup here http://hackaday.com/2012/07/28/the-minotaurs-revenge-dueling­-labyrinths/

Hackaday's entry in the Redbull Creation contest 2012

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http://hackaday.com/2012/07/02/hack-a-days-entry-into-the-re­d-bull-creation-contest/
We're working hard to deliver redbull where it needs to go!

working antique telephone in VW bus

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http://hackaday.com/2012/06/08/using-old-phones-as-an-interc­om-in-your-vw-bus-or-anywhere-else/

Hacking old phones to be an intercom in a 1976 vw bus.Music by Kevin MacLeod

Overly Attached Girlfriend spy hack: How it was made

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Making the spy car for Overly Attached Girlfriend was pretty fun. You can see tons of details and pictures of the entire process at hackaday.com
http://hackaday.com/2013/02/27/hacking-a-radio-controlled-sp­y-device-for-overly-attached-girlfriend/

I started with the "intruder" which is a toy car that you can control from your iPhone. It has a live video feed, but it was waaay to slow. To make it faster, I tore its guts out and mounted them on a higher quality base. Now I had 4 wheel drive, tons of speed, AND a live video feed.

To add the gps depositing arm, I used a "teensy" microcontroller to poll the headlights. When the lights turned off, the "teensy" would lift the arm. When they came back on, it dropped the arm.

Hacked portal gun actually levitates a companion cube

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hackaday hacks a prop portal gun to actually levitate a companion cube.
http://wp.me/pk3lN-mPR

I was out to lunch with a couple friends, brainstorming ideas for fun projects when one of them says "Wouldn't it be cool if we could build a working gravity gun?". We all immediately concurred that while it would in fact be cool, it is also a silly proposition. However, only a few seconds later, I realized we could do a display piece that emulated this concept very easily. Floating magnetic globes have been around for quite some time.

I determined I would tear the guts out of a stock floating globe and mount it on a portal gun, since they're easier to find than a gravity gun. I would also build a custom companion cube to be the correct size and weight necessary.

Go to the project link to see how I hacked this portal gun to actually float a companion cube.
http://wp.me/pk3lN-mPR

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Touring the Hackaday Workbench

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Whenever I release a hackaday video, I invariably get comments and emails about my workbench. Some people are telling me to clean up, others are asking me about things they see in the background.

This isn't just a set that I film on. Obviously my videos aren't high enough quality for people to assume that either. This is my actual workbench, made and used by my grandfather. I do enjoy keeping it decorated though. I try to keep a piece of as many past projects as possible hanging on my bench to serve not only as inspiration to me, but also as an interesting backdrop for the videos.

I make no attempts to hide my upcoming projects when I shoot videos. If you pay close enough attention, you can sometimes see projects appear on my bench in videos before the actual project video hits youtube.

I love my workbench. You should love yours too. Hey, maybe you could do a tour of it and post it on youtube for us to admire! Just try not to say "workbench" as many times in a row as I did.
It isn't everything I've done, but hey, it can't all fit!

3d Printed Oculus Rift Accessories

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Full Article with pictures: http://wp.me/pk3lN-poY

While browsing an oculus rift thread on reddit, I saw someone mention how nice it would be to have some actual mounts for external sensors on their Rift. The idea is that adding additional sensors or cameras will allow us to expand the capabilities of the rift. With something like the Razor Hydra, you can add quick positional tracking (the rift only tracks rotation, not position). With some webcams, you could theoretically do some stereoscopic augmented reality. Unfortunately, attaching all these things to the rift is a bit of a pain at the moment.

The parts can be downloaded here: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:74779

Music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com

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Home made 6 foot tall, fire breathing piranha plant from Super Mario Brothers

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I always thought it would be cool to build a giant fire breathing piranha plant. I never really came up with an excuse to do it though. Eventually, I just decided I didn't really need an excuse, and thus it was born.

The plant itself is pretty much just foam and cardboard. You can see the construction process in the video, it was really easy, but a little time consuming. I wanted to go with a bit of a crazy, hyper stylized look, so it is covered in veins and has these insane looking wrinkly lips. The plant itself would be a fun thing just to have around the house. Actually, I may turn it into a lamp.

The fire systems were very much trial and error. You'll have to go to hackaday to read about those. http://wp.me/pk3lN-pv7