Comments for Hackaday http://hackaday.com Fresh hacks every day Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:09:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Ultrasonic Raspberry Pi Piano by Elliot Williams http://hackaday.com/2017/04/22/ultrasonic-raspberry-pi-piano/#comment-3537760 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:09:35 +0000 http://hackaday.com?p=252818&preview=true&preview_id=252818#comment-3537760 Yes, it should be.

]]> Comment on Gawkerbot is Watching You by Ian Lee, Sr. (@ianlee74) http://hackaday.com/2017/04/23/gawkerbot-is-watching-you/#comment-3537756 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 16:58:30 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=253784#comment-3537756 My daughter agrees!

]]> Comment on Gawkerbot is Watching You by notarealemail http://hackaday.com/2017/04/23/gawkerbot-is-watching-you/#comment-3537751 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 16:51:23 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=253784#comment-3537751 A mostly black and whithe GIF, 687 KB. Way smaller than an embedded video and looks acceptable IMHO.

]]> Comment on Smart Child Seat Aims to Prevent Tragedy by Dan http://hackaday.com/2017/04/21/smart-child-seat-aims-to-prevent-tragedy/#comment-3537748 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 16:43:17 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=253605#comment-3537748 That’s why it’s always a good idea to perform a patent search for prior art on the USPTO site or Google Patents. There are plenty of “solutions” based on proximity (distance between the driver and her car) and they didn’t sell so far. My reminder/lifesaver, never4get.us, is way more reliable and affordable than NASA’s attempt …

]]> Comment on A Cool Mist that Dries Your Clothes by notarealemail http://hackaday.com/2017/04/23/a-cool-mist-that-dries-your-clothes/#comment-3537744 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 16:38:32 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=253744#comment-3537744 Gas dryers are more dangerous. Some localities ban them because of the fire risk.
And some places ban clotheslines because boo-hoo they don’t like the way it looks. :/

]]> Comment on Budget Astrophotography With A Raspberry Pi by Ricky Steele http://hackaday.com/2017/04/20/budget-astrophotography-with-a-raspberry-pi/#comment-3537743 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 16:33:03 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=251921#comment-3537743 Great project! If this is possible just imagine what will be possible tomorrow.

]]> Comment on A Cool Mist that Dries Your Clothes by Marcus http://hackaday.com/2017/04/23/a-cool-mist-that-dries-your-clothes/#comment-3537742 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 16:32:21 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=253744#comment-3537742 hm, well, if it’s really that much faster, then there’d be another reason to buy one of these ultrasonic dryers.

It most certainly will be more expensive in purchase. It has all the same components as a “standard” electric drier, minus the heating, plus all the electronics, and some way to get rid of *condensed* water (as opposed to just blowing it out the window as steam).

Now, I don’t really know the component cost of a dryer heater unit – but considering it can’t be more than an air-cooled piece of resistor wire…

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