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ElectronBot: A Sweet Mini Desktop Robot That Ticks All The Boxes

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

[Peng Zhihui] seems to have found some spare time and energy to crack out another sweet robot build, this time it’s a much smaller, and cuter emoji-bot (Original GitHub Link,) with …read more Continue reading ElectronBot: A Sweet Mini Desktop Robot That Ticks All The Boxes→

Posted in Circular LCD, gesture sensor, mpu6050, opencv, robot, robots hacks, stm32, USB-C, USB3300

Remoticon 2021 // Arsenjis Tears Apart Your Laptop

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

Hackaday’s own [Arsenijs Picugins] has been rather busy hacking old laptops apart and learning what can and cannot be easily reused, and presents for the 2021 Hackaday Remoticon, a heavily …read more Continue reading Remoticon 2021 // Arsenjis Tears Apart Your Laptop→

Posted in 2021 Hackaday Remoticon, cons, e-waste recycling, Hackaday Columns, laptop, lcd display, re-use, Tech Hacks

Doubled Up 3D Printer Upgrade Doubles The Fun

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

[Nathan] from Nathan Builds Robots on YouTube is no stranger to modding 3D printers, whether it’s a good idea or not, it’s just fun to find out sometimes. His latest …read more Continue reading Doubled Up 3D Printer Upgrade Doubles The Fun→

Posted in 3d Printer hacks, 3D Printing, dual extrusion, klipper

Cool Mechanism Day: Two-Way To One-Way

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

The internal mechanisms that are used in timepieces have always been fascinating to watch, and are often works of art in their own right. You don’t have to live in …read more Continue reading Cool Mechanism Day: Two-Way To One-Way→

Posted in 3d printed, clock hacks, clutch, mechanism, watch

Beautiful Engineering In This Laser Unit From a Tornado Jet Fighter

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

Those of use hailing from the UK may be quite familiar with the Royal Air Force’s Tornado fighter jet, which was designed to fight in a theoretical nuclear war, and …read more Continue reading Beautiful Engineering In This Laser Unit From a Tornado Jet Fighter→

Posted in laser range finder, optical, photodiode, teardown, tornado, weapons hacks, YAG laser

A Soft Thumb-Sized Vision-Based Touch Sensor

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

A team from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany have developed a novel thumb-shaped touch sensor capable of resolving the force of a contact, as well as …read more Continue reading A Soft Thumb-Sized Vision-Based Touch Sensor→

Posted in digital cameras hacks, Machine Learning, multitouch hacks, optical, photometric stereo, structured light, touch sensing

USB Temperature Logger With Some Extra Tricks

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

Many of us electronics hacker types tend to have at least the same common equipment on our benches, namely a multimeter, an oscilloscope, some sort of adjustable power supply, and …read more Continue reading USB Temperature Logger With Some Extra Tricks→

Posted in datalogger, k-type thermocouple, misc hacks, ntc, scpi, stm32, usb | Tagged Temperature

DIY Injection Molder Built From a Cheap Pneumatic Press

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

[Kurt Schaefer] was watching YouTube videos of people making molds for injection molding purposes using what he considered to be the toy 3018 CNC machines, and looking at the results, …read more Continue reading DIY Injection Molder Built From a Cheap Pneumatic Press→

Posted in CNC mould, injection molding, Machinery, misc hacks, plastic, tool hacks

Compressed Air Jumping Shoes Are Not For The Faint-Hearted

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

[Ian Charnas] has taken a short break from building things that might injure himself, by building something that could injure somebody else instead. (Video, embedded below) Well, hopefully not anyway. …read more Continue reading Compressed Air Jumping Shoes Are Not For The Faint-Hearted→

Posted in compressed air, piston, wearable hacks

Bend Your Vase Mode Prints By Hacking The GCode

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Dave Rowntree

[Stefan] from CNCKitchen wanted to make some bendy tubes for a window-mountable ball run, and rather than coming up with some bent tube models, it seemed there might be a …read more Continue reading Bend Your Vase Mode Prints By Hacking The GCode→

Posted in 2.5d printing, 3d Printer hacks, 3D Printing, nonplanar, Python

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