HACKADAY LINKS: JULY 1, 2012
opening truly old lock boxes
[Barry Wels] is a locksmith. One day, he got a phone call from a museum that had a few 17th century strong boxes that needed to be opened. After a little probing with an endoscope, he made a decision they might be chosen with a little bit of spring steel. So, what’s in the box? [Barry] is going to send in an update in a month or two.
An amazing Geordi La create VISOR. however don’t take my word for it.
[DrewSmith007] made a replica of Geordi’s VISOR from star Trek: The next Generation. Bonus: it’s autographed by Levar Burton.
Free mirrors for your laser cutter
If you have a laser cutter, your mirrors will get damaged, as well as they’re extremely costly to replace. [Phil] sent in a neat tip: make your own mirrors from difficult drive platters.
A appropriate M.U.L.E. remake
Combine Settlers of Catan with M.U.L.E.. That’s what this Kickstarter is trying to do, as well as it sounds freakin’ awesome.
This game is so cool
A few months ago, I mapped the surface of a video game moon. considering that then, Kerbal area Program had a big update with a brand new moon. Over on Reddit, [InsanityCore] started mapping this new moon, so I rendered it. Go provide [InsanityCore] some karma. He did all the difficult work.