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Hacker’s Handbook: Compendium of Maker Projects

 

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...sadly, the once positive word "hacker" has been tainted through negative misuse. The popular press have coopted the term to refer to individuals who break into computer systems to steal or corrupt data. True hackers maintain that such individuals are criminal hackers or crackers!!


It's time for engineers to reclaim hacker for the positive term it once was. After all, 21st century tinkering, fuelled by the maker movement, could represent the beginnings of the next industrial revolution.


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At National Instruments UK, we encourage our talented young engineers to embrace their technical curiosity. Each year we give our undergraduate interns...

...and we ask them to invent a super-cool, innovative new gadget or tech demo. We are always blown away by what these young engineers achieve under such tight constraints. The resulting systems are engaging, enlightening and unquestionably creative.

 

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Navigate to any of the individual project pages by clicking the links below. Each project page includes videos, downloadable source code, circuit diagrams and replication instructions. Happy Hacking!

 

This page is a work in progress. Check back soon to find new projects added to the list


mySignTranslator.JPG

 LINK: mySignInterpreter


myLightShow.JPG

  Link: myLightShow 


myFloppyDriveOrchestra.JPG

myWingman.JPG
LINK: myWingMan

Main Graphic 3.JPG
LINK: myGlobe

myMusicalTesla.JPG
mySmartFoosball.JPG

myMadFx.JPG
LINK: myMadFX

mySmartCane.jpg
LINK: mySmartCane 

mySmartAircraft.JPG

Link: mySmartAircraft


 

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Link: mySlitScanCamera



myAlexa.JPG

 Link: myAlexa



myDryIceChimes maine.JPG

 LINK: myDryIceChimes


 

myQuakeAlert (low res).JPG

LINK: myQuakeAlert


myVitals.JPG
LINK: myVitals

 

myMotzart main.JPG

 

 Link: myMozart


myLightGrid.JPG

myexplorer.JPG

myPotHoleDetector.JPG
 

mySkate (low-res).JPG

LINK: mySkate


mySkyWriter.JPG

 
m(eye)daq.JPG
LINK: m(eye)DAQ

mypowermonitor.JPG

 
 

myRoboLab.JPG

LINK: myRoboLab


myNES.JPG

LINK: myNES


myBallandBeam.JPG

LINK: myBall&Beam


mySecurity.JPG

LINK: mySecuritySystem


myLaserHarp.JPG

LINK: myLaserHarp


myTracker.JPG

LINK: myTracker


myBalencePlate.JPG

LINK: myBalancePlate



myMorse.JPG

LINK: myMorse


myLaserListener.JPG

 

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LINK: myPulse


 

 

Rich Roberts
Senior Marketing Engineer, National Instruments
Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-roberts-4176a27b/

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