Picking a Laser Hack Chat
Join us on Wednesday, February 22 at noon Pacific for the Picking a Laser Hack Chat with Jonathan Schwartz! You’ve got to admit that it’s a pretty cool world to …read more Continue reading Picking a Laser Hack Chat
Author Archives: Dan Maloney
Hackaday Links: February 19, 2023
For years, Microsoft’s modus operandi was summed up succinctly as, “Extend and enhance.” The aphorism covered a lot of ground, but basically it seemed to mean being on the lookout …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: February 19, 2023
Hackaday Podcast 206: Busted Crypto Killed the Queen, Kicad’s New Clothes, Peer Inside the Sol 20
Under the weather though they both were, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Staff Writer Dan Maloney got together to take a look under the covers of this week’s best and brightest …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast 206: Busted Crypto Killed the Queen, Kicad’s New Clothes, Peer Inside the Sol 20
Machine Learning Baby Monitor, Part 2: Learning Sleep Patterns
The first lesson a new parent learns is that the second you think you’ve finally figured out your kid’s patterns — sleeping, eating, pooping, crying endlessly in the middle of …read more Continue reading Machine Learning Baby Monitor, Part 2: Learning Sleep Patterns
1950s Fighter Jet Air Computer Shows What Analog Could Do
Imagine you’re a young engineer whose boss drops by one morning with a sheaf of complicated fluid dynamics equations. “We need you to design a system to solve these equations …read more Continue reading 1950s Fighter Jet Air Computer Shows What Analog Could Do
Hackaday Links: February 12, 2023
So, maybe right now isn’t the best time to get into the high-altitude ballooning hobby? At least in the US, which with the downing of another — whatever? — over …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: February 12, 2023
JFET Stands in For Triode in This Infinite Impedance Detector
An “Infinite Impedance Detector” might sound a little like something that [Zaphod Beeblebrox] would use to zip around the galaxy. It’s not, of course, but it is an interesting and …read more Continue reading JFET Stands in For Triode in This Infinite Impedance Detector
Bicopter Phone Case Might Be Hard to Pocket, but Delivers Autonomous Selfies
Remember that “PhoneDrone” scam from a while back? With two tiny motors and props that could barely lift a microdrone, it was pretty clearly a fake, but that doesn’t mean …read more Continue reading Bicopter Phone Case Might Be Hard to Pocket, but Delivers Autonomous Selfies
Ask Hackaday: Incidental Earthquake Detection
It never seems to fail: at the very moment that human society seems to reach a new pinnacle of pettiness, selfishness, violence, and self-absorption, Mother Nature comes along and reminds …read more Continue reading Ask Hackaday: Incidental Earthquake Detection
Connecting a Keyboard to a Vintage PC-XT, the Hard Way
We’re not sure if there’s any single characteristic that qualifies someone as a hacker. After all, we’re a pretty eclectic bunch, with skills that range all over the map, and …read more Continue reading Connecting a Keyboard to a Vintage PC-XT, the Hard Way