Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Glowing Hobbit Sword Helps You Find Unsecured Wi-Fi

Posted by Soulskill on from the caught-in-a-web-soon-to-be-online dept.

Molly McHugh writes By disassembling your plastic Sting and incorporating the Spark Core, a tiny Wi-Fi development kit, you can hack the toy's light and enlist it to show you when you are near an unsecure network. The best part about this hack? It only requires two things: a Spark Core and a replica Sting with lights and sound, like this one."

2 of 67 comments (clear)

  1. Re:And walking around with it ... by BitwiseX · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hey come on, stand down.. This the first article in a LONG TIME that actually FEELS like Slashdot...
    No politics... no script kiddie bullshit.. not a random person's blog post..
    Just fun hacking for no good reason other than to do it. That's why most of us are here!

  2. Re:And walking around with it ... by rdwulfe · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why, exactly, are you on a site with the motto "news for nerds"?

    Seriously, why would people whine about this? It's a cute little hack, and people are... ahem, up in arms over it. Live a little. Laugh a little. Stop trying to be "grown up". Are you 16 or something, and trying to appear older? Trust me, when you get older, you'll have enough of that in your life. Things like this will make you smile, even if you personally don't wish to make it.

    Stop trying to tell others how "adult" you are.