#failoftheweek — Public Fediverse posts

Fail of the Week: Subscription EV Charger Becomes Standalone, Briefly https://hackaday.com/2024/11/01/fail-of-the-week-subscription-ev-charger-becomes-standalone-briefly/ #ReverseEngineering #reverseengineering #FailoftheWeek #failoftheweek #replayattack #raspberrypi #rs-485 #pic

Fail of the Week: Subscription EV Charger Becomes Standalone, Briefly - At this point in the tech dystopia cycle, it’s no surprise that the initial purcha... - https://hackaday.com/2024/11/01/fail-of-the-week-subscription-ev-charger-becomes-standalone-briefly/ #reverseengineering #failoftheweek #replayattack #raspberrypi #rs-485 #pic

Fail of the Week: Can an Ultrasonic Cleaner Remove Bubbles From Resin? https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/fail-of-the-week-can-an-ultrasonic-cleaner-remove-bubbles-from-resin/ #FailoftheWeek #epoxyresin #ToolHacks #bubbles #degas

Fail of the Week: Can an Ultrasonic Cleaner Remove Bubbles From Resin? - [Wendy] asked a very good question. Could putting liquid resin into an ultrasonic ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/04/16/fail-of-the-week-can-an-ultrasonic-cleaner-remove-bubbles-from-resin/ #failoftheweek #epoxyresin #toolhacks #bubbles #degas

Fail of the Week: A Potentially Lethal Tattoo Removal Laser Power Supply https://hackaday.com/2024/03/24/fail-of-the-week-a-potentially-lethal-tattoo-removal-laser-power-supply/ #FailoftheWeek #failoftheweek #powersupply #corrosion #tattoo #laser #ebay #smps

Fail of the Week: A Potentially Lethal Tattoo Removal Laser Power Supply - Caveat emptor is good advice in general, but in the wilds of eBay, being careful w... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/24/fail-of-the-week-a-potentially-lethal-tattoo-removal-laser-power-supply/ #failoftheweek #powersupply #corrosion #tattoo #laser #ebay #smps

Fail of the Week: The Little Remote-Controlled Snowblower That Couldn’t - [Punxatawny Phil]’s prognostications aside, winter isn’t over up here in the North... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/03/fail-of-the-week-the-little-remote-controlled-snowblower-that-couldnt/ #failoftheweek #robotshacks #snowblower #trackdrive #deepcycle #h-bridge #remote #fotw #snow #rc

Fail of the Week: This Flash Drive Will NOT Self-Destruct in Five Seconds - How hard can it be to kill a flash drive? Judging by the look of defeat on [Walker... - https://hackaday.com/2023/11/25/fail-of-the-week-this-flash-drive-will-not-self-destruct-in-five-seconds/ #voltagedoubler #failoftheweek #datasecurity #selfdestruct #flashdrive #superacid #h-bridge #polarity #thermite #privacy #fotw

Fail of the Week: Car Starter Motors Aren’t the Best Fit for eBikes - A lot of what real engineering is all about is designing to the limits of your mat... - https://hackaday.com/2023/04/14/fail-of-the-week-car-starter-motors-arent-the-best-fit-for-ebikes/ #transportationhacks #failoftheweek #startermotor #duty-cycle #ebike #fotw #lipo #bms #esc

Fail of the Week: A Bigger Hacksaw Isn’t a Better Hacksaw - If we’re being honest, the main reason to buy a power tool is to avoid the pain of... - https://hackaday.com/2022/02/14/fail-of-the-week-a-bigger-hacksaw-isnt-a-better-hacksaw/ #failoftheweek #metalworking #handtools #bandsaw #cutting #hacksaw #fotw

LED Brightness Adjustment Uses Itself as Sensor - This is a story about a successful system that nevertheless failed to make the cut... - https://hackaday.com/2021/04/11/led-brightness-adjustment-uses-itself-as-sensor/ #failoftheweek #lightsensor #ledsensor #ledhacks #parts #led

Fail Of The Week: This SD Card Won’t Slot - If you’ve got a few self-designed PCBs under your belt, you probably know the pain of missing some... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/06/29/fail-of-the-week-this-sd-card-wont-slot/ #failoftheweek #octavo #sdcard #fotw

Fail of the Week: How Not to Watercool a PC - To those who choose to overclock their PCs, it’s often a “no expense spared” deal. Fancy heat sink... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/06/17/fail-of-the-week-how-not-to-watercool-a-pc/ #computerhacks #failoftheweek #classichacks #watercolling #dielectric #corrosion #lubricant #pccooling #fuelpump #gasoline #bearing #brushes #coolant #fotw #fuel

Fail of the Week: Bright Idea for LED Signs Goes Bad - Typically when we select a project for “Fail to the Week” honors, it’s because something went wron... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/05/08/fail-of-the-week-bright-idea-for-led-signs-goes-bad/ #designformanufacture #failoftheweek #animation #invention #scaling #patent #asic #fotw #sign #led #rgb

Fail of the Week: How Not to Die of Boredom During Isolation - They say you can’t actually die from boredom, but put a billion or so people into self-isolation, ... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/04/01/fail-of-the-week-how-not-to-die-of-boredom-during-isolation/ #failoftheweek #neodymium #covid-19 #magnet #safety #fotw

Fail of the Week: Padlock Purports to Provide Protection, Proves Pathetic - Anyone in the know about IoT security is likely to steer clear of a physical security product that... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/01/21/fail-of-the-week-padlock-purports-to-provide-protection-proves-pathetic/ #lockpickinghacks #physicalsecurity #failoftheweek #vulnerability #exploit #pentest #fotw

Fail of the Week: Thermostat Almost Causes a House Fire - Fair warning: any homeowners who have thermostats similar to the one that nearly burned down [Kerr... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/01/08/fail-of-the-week-thermostat-almost-causes-a-house-fire/ #failureanalysis #electricheater #failoftheweek #thermostat #foresnsic #rootcause #teardown #safety #fire #fotw

Fail of the Week: Ambitious Vector Network Analyzer Fails To Deliver - If you’re going to fail, you might as well fail ambitiously. A complex project with a lot of subsy... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/12/31/fail-of-the-week-ambitious-vector-network-analyzer-fails-to-deliver/ #vectornetworkanalyzer #failoftheweek #harmonics #ad8302 #filter #thesis #fotw #vna #rf

Fail Of The Week: How Not To Light Pipe - You’d think that something made out of glass and epoxy would transmit a decent amount of light. Un... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/08/19/fail-of-the-week-how-not-to-light-pipe/ #oreoconstruction #failoftheweek #throughhole #non-plated #badgelife #lightpipe #fr4 #led #via

Fail of the Week: Supercapacitor Spot Welder - [Julian] needed to weld a bit of nickel to some steel and decided to use a spot welding technique.... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/08/15/fail-of-the-week-supercapacitor-spot-welder/ #supercapacitor #failoftheweek #spotwelder #toolhacks #supercap #welding #fail #weld