At DEFCON 20, Fergus Noble and Colin Beighley discussed the basics of GPS operation and how hackers can access and use its data. They have developed and released a new set of tools which they hope will make GPS accessible to hackers and experimenters. These resources include a library, libswiftnav, which contains a complete toolset […]
Category Archives: Videos
Video: dynamic flip-flop tutorial
Dynamic flip-flops. What are they and why should you care? Jeri Ellsworth discusses their operation and characteristics in this new video tutorial.
DEFCON 20: bypassing endpoint security with USB keys
In this talk from the DEFCON 20 conference, Phil Polsta, Computer Security Professor at the University of Dubuque discusses the relative insecurity of using USB “keys” as a way of restricting access to tech resources. He explains in detail how any USB mass storage (flash or hard) drive can be made to appear as an […]
Video: PhreakNIC 16 – Wardriving the 4.9GHz public safety bands
What is the 4.9 GHz public safety band? In the US RF hackers may be familiar with the old VHF and UHF FM voice police/fire/ems radio bands. Few are aware that in the post-9/11 environment other public safety data and digital voice ops are moving to previously unused portions of the spectrum. In this video […]
WORKSHOP VIDEO: rhydoLABZ open hardware tour in Kochi
Our Global Geek Tour of India ends in Kochi where we visit India’s largest open hardware manufacturer rhydoLABZ. Thushar takes us on a tour of the company’s offices and production lines. rhydoLABZ started as distributors for SparkFun and Arduino, but now produce mostly their own custom open hardware designs. During a recent visit, their innovative […]
Toorcon: HackRF low cost SDR platform
At the recent Toorcon conference in San Diego, Michael Ossmann from GreatScottGadgets presented this talk providing details on his HackRF project which we covered in a recent post. In this video Michael presents an overview of the history of SDR and details on the development of the HackRF board. Visit the HackRF project page for […]
Video: Android app insecurity and reversing
In this just released video from the Open Web App Security Project (OWASP) AppSecUSA 2011 conference held in Minneapolis, MN, Mike Park discusses the insecurity of Android “.apk” apps and covers the ease with which Android Apps can be reversed, the ability to store sensitive data locally, and how these apps can be trojaned to […]
WORKSHOP VIDEO: Bangalore SP Road, hackerspace and open hardware manufacturers
This week the Geek Tour of India continues with a two day electronics tour of Bangalore. We visit the local hackerspace, some open hardware manufacturers, and the impressive SP Road electronics market. We start out at the Jaaga co-work center in central Bangalore, and meet up with 20 readers and forum members. The hackerspace is […]
Jeri’s one-bit ADC
One-bit ADC? Using a single flip-flop Jeri Ellsworth explains the principle behind ADC. This represents a simplified version of Delta-Sigma modulation.
WORKSHOP VIDEO: Mumbai’s Manish and Lamington Road markets
Sorry: the post went live before we finished the video…Should be working in a second. Originally we weren’t going to tour Mumbai, but some scheduling issues left us there for an extra day. This gave us this amazing opportunity to visit Manish and Lamington Road electronics markets in Mumbai. Manish market has replacement parts for […]
Workshop Video #44: Bus Blaster v3 design overview
Bus Blaster v3 design overview, programming and self-test. We also thank Microchip for sending us 2 tubes of scratch ‘n’ dent 23LC1024 marked 23K1024. Read about the Bus Blaster v3 and how it came to be, below. Update: new video with correct sound mixing
Outtakes from the New York Trip
This a collection of interviews that didn’t make the final cut in our Global Geek Tour of New York video.
WORKSHOP VIDEO #43: How we edit video
Shooting in the workshop and away is done with JVC Everios in 1080P. They’re nothing more than a lens and CCD, so OK but the codec is not very good. Recently we’ve been recording the audio with a separate Zoom H1N recoding device, and a cheap Shure lapel mic. Footage and audio tracks are dumped to […]
Video #42: Maker Faire New York sync gag full version
After we interviewed Cameron from Suspect Devices at Maker Faire, our friend Chris from Rocket Brand Studios cornered us for a recursive interview. The video is crowd sourced and we collected as much footage from bystanders as possible. A very short version of this unique event was included in “The New York Trip” video, but […]
VIDEO #41: New York Trip OHS, Geek Tour, Maker Faire 2012
New York Global Geek Tour 2012 is presented in the video above. We follow our fearless leader as he finds his place in the Big Apple. There’s food, toys, and geeks aplenty. The tour starts with the East Village food crawl. Watch a merry band of hackers battle good food and drinks. We hit Oh! […]
Global Geek Tour New York 2012 trailer
This week we are in New York for the big open hardware trip of 2012. We’ll be attending the Open Hardware Summit 2012 today and the World Maker Faire this weekend. Yesterday we had a food crawl in the East Village, you can check out the some pics from it via Twitter, or wait for […]
WORKSHOP VIDEO #40: Nixie tube and logic analyzer demo for Maker Faire
We’re getting ready for the Global Geek Tour of New York. For those of you who can’t join us at the World Maker Faire, here’s a quick logic analyzer demo using a single block of the Magnificent Nixie Thing we’re tinkering with. Each nixie module has 2 tubes and control circuitry based on new old […]
WORKSHOP VIDEO #39: Magnificent Nixie tube thing
This week we try out the IN12 Nixie tube blocks we’ve been working on. They’ll be on display in the new workshop studio and at Maker Faire New York. We also light up a mini VFD we scored in Akihabara in Tokyo last year. Sorry about the poor lighting, new workshop will be up and […]
WORKSHOP VIDEO #38: TFT display with USB control in Sjaak’s workshop
Today we visit Sjaak’s workshop and talk about a USB 1.8″ TFT Backpack he’s been working on, as well as some history behind the popular ATX Breakout Board. Sjaak describes the USB 1.8” TFT Backpack which features: 1.8” 160×128 pixel TFT, with 18bit color depth Micro SD card holder Small footprint designed to fit into […]
Workshop Video #37: USB and Open Source presentation 2012 first run through
This workshop video is an absolute first run-through of our USB & Open Source presentation for the Open Hardware Summit 2012. All comments are off the cuff. The final presentation needs to be just under 10 minutes. Don’t worry, there will be many changes: Explain the USB Implementers Forum with a line (via Twitter) Slide […]