Collaborate Disseminate
Despite how it might appear in bad action movies, throwing a knife and making it stick in a target is no easy feat. Taking inspiration from the aforementioned movies, [Quint] …read more Continue reading Knife Throwing Machine Gets the Spin Just Right
There are a variety of possible motor configurations to choose from when building a fixed-wing VTOL drone, but few take the twin-motor tilt-rotor approach used by the V-22 Osprey. However, …read more Continue reading Optimising A RC Tilt-Rotor VTOL
Picking propeller size for any aircraft, but especially VTOLs, it’s a tradeoff between size and RPM. You can either move a large volume of air slowly or a small volume …read more Continue reading Large Tip Driven Copter Turns Very Slowly
“Just add solar panels to the wings” is a popular suggestion for improving the flight times of fixed-wing drones. However, the reality is not so simple, and it’s easy to …read more Continue reading Solar Plane Might Be Able To Last Through The Night
E-paper price tags have become popular for retail stores over the past few years, which is great for hackers since we now have some more cheap commodity hardware to play …read more Continue reading E-paper Price Tags Combined To Create A Large Wireless Display
If you’ve been following [Joe Barnard]’s rocketry projects for the past few years, you’ll know that one of his primary goals has been to propulsively land a model rocket like …read more Continue reading BPS.Space Succesfully Lands A Model Rocket
Mechanizing the production of textiles was a major part of the industrial revolution, and with the convenience of many people are recreating the classic machines. A perfect example of this …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Braiding Machine Brings Back Some History
Popular consumer products often become the basis of many hacker projects, and hoverboards are a good example of this. [Tanguy] is using the drivetrain from a pair of hoverboards to …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: A Hefty Hoverboard Rover
Bokeh is a photography term that’s a bit difficult to define but is basically soft, aesthetically pleasing background blur, often used to make a subject stand out. Also called “background …read more Continue reading Ultimate Bokeh With A Projector Lens
Mowing the lawn is one of those tasks that someone will always be optimizing or automating. To allow to mow the lawn while seated comfortably in the shade, [Workshop from …read more Continue reading RC Lawnmower Is Built To Last