Clik here to view.
Data recovery tools
In your zeal to delete your data, you may have accidentally deleted files that you wanted to keep. Lifehacker has posted this handy list of data recovery tools to help you get those files back. As you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Recovering photos with PhotoRec
A coworker approached us today with a corrupted SD card. It was out of her digital camera, and when plugged in, it wasn’t recognized. This looked like the perfect opportunity to try out [Christophe...
View ArticleClik here to view.
IDE bus sniffing and hard drive password recovery
shackspace member [@dop3j0e] found himself in a real bind when trying to recover some data after his ThinkPad’s fingerprint scanner died. You see, he stored his hard drive password in the scanner, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Recovering a corrupted EEE PC BIOS
[Jeremy] had an ASUS EEE PC 1000HE netbook on his hands which had succumbed to a corrupted BIOS. In most situations, people replace a motherboard when the BIOS is damaged beyond repair, but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CASUAL seeks to make Android hacking OS agnostic
[Adam Outler] tipped us off about a cross-platform Android hacking suite he’s been working on. The project, which is called CASUAL, brings several things to the table. First and foremost it breaks...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Raiders of the Lost OS: Reclaiming A Piece of Polish IT History
In today’s digital era, we almost take for granted that all our information is saved and backed up, be it on our local drives or in the cloud — whether automatically, manually, or via some other...
View ArticleeMMC to SD Hack Rescues Data from a Waterlogged Phone
How do I get the data off this destroyed phone? It’s a question many of us have had to ponder – either ourselves or for friends or family. The easy answer is either spend a mint for a recovery service...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SpaceX Joins in the Long History of Catching Stuff from Space
On February 22nd, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and successfully delivered into orbit an Earth-observation satellite operated by the Spanish company...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ask Hackaday: What’s in Your Digital Bugout Bag?
Your eyes pop open in the middle of the night, darting around the darkened bedroom as you wonder why you woke up. Had you heard something? Or was that a dream? The matter is settled with loud pounding...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SpaceX’s Next Giant Leap: Second Stage Recovery
With the successful launch of the Bangabandhu-1 satellite on May 11th, the final version of the Falcon 9 rocket has finally become operational. Referred to as the “Block 5”, this version of the rocket...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SpaceX Clips Dragon’s Wings After Investigation
When the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft reached orbit for the first time in 2010, it was a historic achievement. But to qualify for NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Surviving The Apocalypse With A Briefcase Full Of Pi
Let’s imagine that you’ve spent most of your life indoors tinkering with electronic gadgets and that you don’t have a lot of practical survival experience. Since you’re currently reading Hackaday, it...
View Article$100k to Crack a Bitcoin Wallet
When Bitcoin peaked a few years ago, with single coins reaching around $18,000 USD, heartbreaking stories began circulating about people who had tens or hundreds of coins they mined in the early days...
View ArticleQuadcopter with Tensegrity Shell Takes A Beating And Gets Back Up
Many of us have become familiar with the distinctive sound of multirotor toys, a sound frequently punctuated by sharp sounds of crashes. We’d then have to pick it up and repair any damage before flying...
View ArticleRecovering Metal From Waste
Refining precious metals is not as simple as polishing rocks that have been dug out of the ground. Often, complex chemical processes are needed to process the materials properly or in high quantities,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A New Era of Spacecraft Delivers Science On Time
When the Space Shuttle Atlantis rolled to a stop on its final mission in 2011, it was truly the end of an era. Few could deny that the program had become too complex and expensive to keep running, but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SpaceX Drops the Ball on Catching Fairings
You don’t have to look very hard to find another rousing success by SpaceX. It’s a company defined by big and bold moves, and when something goes right, they make sure you know about it. From launching...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Dangerously Delightful Homemade Rockets of Thailand
Every once in a while, we here at Hackaday stumble across something that doesn’t quite fit in with all the other amazing hacks we feature, but still seems like something that our dear readers need to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Building a Serial Bus To Save an Old Hard Drive
Universal Serial Bus has been the de facto standard for sending information to and from computer peripherals for almost two decades, but despite the word “universal” in the name this wasn’t always the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gym Equipment Converted To Generator
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but the most likely eventual conclusion of changing it from one form or another will be relatively useless heat. For those that workout with certain gym...
View Article
