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Surgically Implanted Bluetooth Devices Don’t Help Would-Be Exam Cheats
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/25/surgically-implanted-bluetooth-devices-dont-help-would-be-exam-cheats/
A pair of would-be exam cheats were caught red-handed at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College in Indore, India, as they tried to use Bluetooth devices surgically implanted in their …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/25/surgically-implanted-bluetooth-devices-dont-help-would-be-exam-cheats/)
Thin clients were once thought by some to be the future of computing. These relatively low-power machines would rely on large server farms to handle the bulk of their processing …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/25/hacking-an-extra-sata-port-into-a-thin-client/)
Cascade Failures, Computer Problems, and Ohms Law: Understanding the Northeast Blackout of 2003
https://hackaday.com/2022/02/25/cascade-failures-computer-problems-and-ohms-law-understanding-the-northeast-blackout-of-2003/
We’ve all experienced power outages of some kind, be it a breaker tripping at an inconvenient time to a storm causing a lack of separation between a tree and a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/25/cascade-failures-computer-problems-and-ohms-law-understanding-the-northeast-blackout-of-2003/)
A drift trike is a small sturdy tricycle with a powered front wheel and rear wheels with low friction so that you can drift. They’re fun but there are tons …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/25/drift-trike-puts-a-new-spin-on-things-with-ice-wheels/)
What do you do when your motherboard bends your CPU? If you’re [Karta] or [Luumi], you 3D print a new retaining bracket to fix the problem. [Karta] originated the design, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/26/3d-printed-cpu-bracket-reduces-temperatures/)
Truth be told, we haven’t jumped on the Wordle bandwagon yet, mainly because we don’t need to be provided with yet another diversion — we’re more than capable of finding …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/26/solving-wordle-by-adding-machine-vision-to-a-3d-printer/)
Apple’s AirTags have caused a stir, but for all the wrong reasons. First, they turn all iPhones into Bluetooth LE beacon repeaters, without the owner’s permission. The phones listen for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/02/26/you-break-it-we-fix-it/)