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Max Headroom 1987 Pirate TV Incident

  • Length: 1:50
  • Rating Average: 4.65 from 23 people
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Tags: diy  gagdets  hack247  hacking  headroom  max  phreak  pirate  technology  tv 

Some of you may be familiar with this one but for those that aren't, here's a quick rundown of the events. * The first incident occurred during the sports segment of the WGN 9:00 p.m. news broadcast; During the sports section of the 9pm news broadcast on Americas WGN network, an unauthorised...

Troy Hurtubise - A True Inventing Legend

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  • Rating Average: 4.90 from 21 people
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  • Author: hack247

Tags: bear  crack  gadget  gizmo  grizzly  hack  hack247  hacking  Hurtubise  invention  inventor  phreaking  project  suit  technology  Troy 

Now you may not have heard of Troy Hurtubise before, but trust us, he is a legend! Troy is an inventor who has invested over 15 years of his life into designing and creating some amazing thingsThe Bear suit was Troy's first invention, after an encounter with a grizzly bear he became obsessed with...

HD-DVD Hacked!

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Tags: aacs  cracked  drm  dvd  encryption  gadgets  hack  hack247  hacked  hacking  hd  hd-dvd  HDDVD  Hi-Def  phreaking  tehcnology 

It was bound to happen, almost inevitable, but HD-DVD has been hacked. No sign of DVD-Jon this time though :)HD-DVD uses an encryption system called AACS which stands for Advanced Access Content System, basically it is a system that restricts the devices that can play the discs.But a Canadian...

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1980's Solid State Hard Drive - Biological Storage Device!

  • Length: 3:18
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Tags: biological  crack  drive  gigabyte  hack  hack247  hard  hdd  phreak  science  technology 

A 100 Gigabyte Solid state storage device from the 1980's, it works using green and red lasers to store and read the data. As explained in the video, the problem they had is that in the process of reading the information it also destroys the information. They get around this problem by using...

1980's DIY C64 Light Interface

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  • Rating Average: 4.82 from 28 people
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Tags: c64  commodore  diy  electronics  hack  hack247  hacking  phreaking  schematics  technology 

This is an extract from an episode of '4 Computer Buffs' which was a computer software and hardware program broadcast in the 80's by Channel 4 Television in the UK. It shows Dr Mike Throne constructing a light reciever module for the Commodore 64, which allowed you to recieve software bradcast...

Apply 240V AC to Computer Components - Exploding Motherbaord

  • Length: 2:2
  • Rating Average: 4.36 from 191 people
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Tags: bomb  explode  fire  flame  gadget  gizmo  hack  hack247  motherboard  phreak  tech 

You know how much we love blowing things up here at Hack247, well finally we have found someone who truly shares the same passion!Check out this video by Legs & MrPinky showing you exactly what happens when you apply 240V of AC power to various different computer hardware, there's also a...