Collaborate Disseminate
One generally reads a data sheet in one of two ways. The first is to take every spec at face value, figuring that the engineers have taken everything into account …read more Continue reading To Turn an ATtiny817 into a 150MHz Counter, First Throw Out the Spec Sheet
Never underestimate the power of fandom to obsess over the smallest details of its chosen canon. We say that with all due respect, of course, as some of the builds …read more Continue reading Imagining a Dune-accurate Fremen Thumper
In our age of pervasive digital media, “pics or it didn’t happen” is a common enough cry that most of us will gladly snap a picture of pretty near anything …read more Continue reading Enjoy the Beauty of Corona Discharge with This Kirlian Photography Setup
With all the salacious stories about a cheating scandal rocking the world of championship-level chess, you’d think that we’d have delved into the story at least a bit here on …read more Continue reading Seeing if Cheating at Chess the Hard Way is Even Possible
It’s been a long time since computer hobbyists stored their programs and data on cassette tapes. But because floppy drives were expensive peripherals and hard drives were still a long …read more Continue reading A Cassette Interface for a 6502 Breadboard Computer, Kansas City-Style
Join us on Wednesday, October 12 at noon Pacific for the RF Hacking Hack Chat with Christopher Poore! On the time scale of technological history, it really wasn’t all that …read more Continue reading RF Hacking Hack Chat
Don’t you just hate it when you walk out of the bathroom with toilet paper stuck to your shoe? That’s a little bit like what happened when the Mars helicopter …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: October 9, 2022
It always seemed to us that the Z-axis on a 3D printer, or pretty much any CNC machine for that matter, is criminally underused. To have the X- and Y-axes …read more Continue reading RotBot Adds a Extra Dimension to 3D Printing, with a Twist
Clocks are such mundane objects that it’s sometimes hard for them to grab your attention. They’re there when you need them, but they don’t exactly invite you to watch them …read more Continue reading Flip-Segment Digital Clock is a Miniature Mechanical Marvel
Any project that contains something called a “flux modulator” instantly commands our attention. And while we’re pretty sure that [Retsetman] didn’t invent it after hitting his head on the toilet, …read more Continue reading Magnetic Gearbox Design Improvements Are Toothless but Still Cool