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Hackaday Podcast Episode 279: Solar Flares, Flash Cells, and Free Airline WiFi

Posted on July 12, 2024 by Al Williams

Get your weekly fix of great hacks with your guides, Elliot Williams and Al Williams. This week, the guys talk about hacking airline WiFi, vanishing cloud services, and hobbies adjacent …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast Episode 279: Solar Flares, Flash Cells, and Free Airline WiFi→

Posted in Hackaday Columns, Hackaday Podcast, Podcasts

Build Your Own Hydroelectric Dam

Posted on July 11, 2024 by Al Williams

We have to admit that we often think about building unusual things, but we hadn’t really considered building our own hydroelectric dam before. [Mini Construction] did, apparently, and there’s a …read more Continue reading Build Your Own Hydroelectric Dam→

Posted in dam, green hacks, hydroelectric | Tagged Turbine

Hacking Airline WiFi the Hard Way

Posted on July 11, 2024 by Al Williams

We’ve all been there. You are on a flight, there’s WiFi, but you hate to pay the few bucks just to watch dog videos. What to do? Well, we would …read more Continue reading Hacking Airline WiFi the Hard Way→

Posted in in-flight internet, Network Hacks

Unlocking the Mystery of an Aircraft ADI

Posted on July 8, 2024 by Al Williams

If you’ve ever seen the cockpit of an airplane, you’ve probably noticed the round ball that shows your attitude, and if you are like us, you’ve wondered exactly how the …read more Continue reading Unlocking the Mystery of an Aircraft ADI→

Posted in adi, aircarft, avionics, cockpit, gauge, teardown | Tagged Aviation

Korean Multifunction Counter Teardown

Posted on July 8, 2024 by Al Williams

[Thomas Scherrer] likes to tear down old test equipment, and often, we remember the devices he opens up or — at least — we’ve heard of them. However, this time, …read more Continue reading Korean Multifunction Counter Teardown→

Posted in frequency counter, teardown, test equipment, workbench

New Battery Has no Anode

Posted on July 7, 2024 by Al Williams

Conventional batteries have anodes and cathodes, but a new design from the University of Chicago and the University of California San Diego lacks an anode. While this has been done …read more Continue reading New Battery Has no Anode→

Posted in battery, Battery Hacks, News, solid-state battery | Tagged Sodium battery

Hacking a Brother Label Maker: Is your CUPS half empty or half full?

Posted on July 7, 2024 by Al Williams

On the one hand, we were impressed that a tiny Brother label maker actually uses CUPS to support printing. Like [Sdomi], we were less than impressed at how old a …read more Continue reading Hacking a Brother Label Maker: Is your CUPS half empty or half full?→

Posted in Brother, CUPS, label maker, labelmaker, linux, linux hacks, p-touch, Printing, Reverse-engineering

New Solar Spheres Claim to be Better than Solar Panels

Posted on July 6, 2024 by Al Williams

When you think of solar energy, you probably think of flat plates on rooftops. A company called WAVJA wants you to think of spheres. The little spheres, ranging from one …read more Continue reading New Solar Spheres Claim to be Better than Solar Panels→

Posted in News, solar energy, solar hacks, solar panels

Dad? Where Did Printed Circuit Boards Come From?

Posted on July 6, 2024 by Al Williams

These days, it is hard to imagine electronics without printed circuit boards. They are literally in everything. While making PCBs at home used to be a chore, these days, you …read more Continue reading Dad? Where Did Printed Circuit Boards Come From?→

Posted in history, misc hacks, printed circuits, proximity fuze

A Trip Down Electronic Toy Memory Lane

Posted on July 4, 2024 by Al Williams

Like many of us, [MIKROWAVE1] had a lot of electronic toys growing up. In a video you can watch below, he asks the question: “Did electronic toys influence your path?” …read more Continue reading A Trip Down Electronic Toy Memory Lane→

Posted in kits, nostalgia, toy hacks | Tagged Toys

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