Collaborate Disseminate
Mechanical multi-segment displays have become quite a thing lately, and we couldn’t be more pleased about it. The degree of mechanical ingenuity needed to make these things not only work …read more Continue reading I’ll See Your Seven-Segment Mechanical Display and Raise You to 16 Segments
The V-22 Osprey is an aircraft like no other. The tiltrotor multirole military aircraft makes an impression wherever it goes; coincidentally, a flight of two of these beasts flew directly …read more Continue reading [Tom Stanton] Builds an Osprey
It’s déjà vu all over again as Hackaday Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams gets together with Staff Writer Dan Maloney to look over the best hacks from the past week. If you’ve …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast 188: Zapping Cockroaches, Tricking AIs, Antique 3D Scanning, and Grinding Chips to QFN
Opinions vary as to what actually constitutes a “complete” shop, but one thing is for sure: the more tools, the better. That doesn’t mean running out to buy a tool …read more Continue reading Home Brew Sandblaster is a Junk Bin Delight
“Necessity is the mother of invention,” or so the saying goes. We’ve never held to that, finding that laziness is a much more powerful creative lubricant. And this story about …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: October 2, 2022
Those of us who are unreformed hunt-and-peck typists are often baffled by the keyboard skills of those with more formal training. Home row? Specific fingers for specific keys? The mind …read more Continue reading 2022 Cyberdeck Contest: A Chorded-Keyboard Wearable Cyberdeck
Dangerous machines, like ones that can quickly reduce you to a fine red mist or a smoking cinder, tend to have a Big Red Button™ to immediately stop whatever the …read more Continue reading Slap This Big Red Button for an Instant Social Media Detox
There’s nothing quite like old-school electrical gear, especially the stuff associated with power distribution. There’s something about the chunky, heavy construction, the thick bakelite cases, and the dials you can …read more Continue reading A Look Inside an Old-School Synchroscope
When you think of the periodic table, some elements just have a vibe to them that’s completely unscientific, but nonetheless undeniable. Precious metals like gold and silver are obvious examples, …read more Continue reading Mining and Refining: Sulfur
Try to put yourself in the place of an engineer tasked with building a camera in 1961. Your specs include making it easy to operate, giving it automatic exposure control, …read more Continue reading A Solar-Powered Point-and-Shoot, circa 1961