Collaborate Disseminate
We’ll admit that the coolness factor of an air conditions faux spacesuit made out of a hazmat suit will largely depend on where you wear it. At your next chess …read more Continue reading Even with AC, Hazmat Suit isn’t Really Cool
Ok, we’ll come clean. [Design Build Destroy] didn’t really add any memory to his Arduino Nano. But he did get about 1.5K more program space when compared to the stock …read more Continue reading Arduino Nano Memory Upgrade with No Soldering
An SDR add-on for the Raspberry Pi isn’t a new idea, but the open source cariboulite project looks like a great entry into the field. Even if you aren’t interested …read more Continue reading Raspberry Pi Hat Adds SDR with High Speed Memory Access
Wireless charging is conceptually simple. Two coils form an ad hoc transformer with the primary in the charger and the secondary in the charging device. However, if you’ve ever had a …read more Continue reading 19 Coils Make Charging Wireless
We’re unabashed fans of [Ken Shirriff] here at Hackaday, and his latest post about an Apollo-era transistorized shift register doesn’t disappoint. Of course, nowadays a 16-bit shift register is nothing …read more Continue reading Apollo Shift Register is Discrete
While refitting a 3D printer for food printing isn’t really a new idea, we liked the detailed summary that appeared from a team from the University of Birmingham which converted …read more Continue reading 3D Printing Food University Style
If you want to send some instruments out on the lake or the ocean, you’ll want something that floats. Sure, if you need to be underwater, or if you can …read more Continue reading Printed Catamaran
We think of punched cards as old-fashioned, but still squarely part of the computer age. Turns out, cards were in use way before they got conscripted by computers. Jacquard looms …read more Continue reading Your 1958 Punch Card Machine Tested Tubes
There was a time when most 3D printers used ABS, which while it is a great plastic for toughness, is hard to print with since it tends to warp. Worse …read more Continue reading Smooth 3D Prints with Alcohol
What do you do with floral wire and balloons from Dollar Tree? If you are [Ham Radio Crash Course], you make a ham radio antenna. Floral wire is conductive, and …read more Continue reading Balloon Antenna Doesn’t Need a Tower