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[Angus] of Maker’s Muse enjoys combat robotics, in which contenders zip about in an arena, attempting to disable one another with weapons that lift, spin, and smash. He got a …read more Continue reading Hairy Armor For Combat Robot? It’s Not Terrible!
[kati]’s Clotty might run DOOM and game-ify the menstrual tracking process with a playful Tamagotchi-like aspect, but don’t let that distract you. It is, at its heart, a personal menstrual …read more Continue reading Clotty The Custom Period Tracker Can, Of Course, Run DOOM
All [Hannah Robertson]’s Birduino needs is for one to tap an NFC-enabled card to the reader, and the device plays one of the vocalizations associated with the bird shown on …read more Continue reading Birduino Plays Bird Calls on Demand with NFC-enabled Cards
Don’t want AI features on your Mac? Tough luck, unless one wants to imperfectly do it by hunting down settings in about a dozen different places. Even then, the multi-gigabyte …read more Continue reading One-stop Tool Shows Apple Intelligence The Door
Classic DOS games never ran from within stand-up arcade cabinets in dollhouses, but [Juha Lilja] imagines a world in which they did. His Micro DOS arcade cabinet is described as …read more Continue reading 2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: Dollhouse Arcade Cabinet Runs Remote DOS Games
If you’re looking to try a new, open source 3D modeling CAD suite, especially one with automation-friendly interfaces, take a look at SolidCraft. It’s under development but there’s support for …read more Continue reading SolidCraft is Parametric, Automation-friendly CAD for Desktop and Browser
Small displays are affordable and easy to use, but their size can present a challenge. To help address this, [mcer12] created PixelFonts, a family of condensed fonts designed specifically for …read more Continue reading Slim Type for Small Screens, with PixelFonts
Valve recently began shipping its long-awaited VR headset, the Steam Frame. Now, there is a hardware reference repository that includes everything a budding modder might need, and then some. Want …read more Continue reading Valve Releases Hardware and CAD Reference For New VR Headset
[Hyperfixed] has a podcast episode that does a deep dive into exactly why bags of microwave popcorn advise against using your microwave’s popcorn setting (in North America, anyway.) The answer …read more Continue reading Why Every Microwave Has a “Popcorn” Button, But Every Bag Warns You Not to Use It
Making one’s own power tools can be a rewarding way to upcycle parts, and [bluesyann] does exactly that with a belt file made from an old mixer. We like how …read more Continue reading Belt File from Old Mixer and Junk Bin Parts