Collaborate Disseminate
The IKEA OBEGRÄNSAD is a pixel-style LED wall lamp that comes with a few baked-in animations, and [ph1p] improved it immensely with an ESP32 board and new firmware. The new …read more Continue reading Hacking the IKEA OBEGRÄNSAD LED Wall Lamp
[Jan Říha]’s PionEar device is a wonderful entry to the Assistive Tech portion of the 2023 Hackaday Prize. It’s a small unit intended to perch within view of the driver …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2023: Hearing Sirens When Drivers Can’t
TLS, byte by byte performs an unusual and interesting function: it fetches itself over HTTPS, and provides a complete annotation of what’s going on in the process, one byte at …read more Continue reading Watch a Web Page Fetch Itself Over TLS, Complete With Commentary
Robots are cool. Everyone knows it, and [Eater NY] highlights a coffee shop with a robotic server opening in Brooklyn. While robots able to prepare and serve drinks or food …read more Continue reading Robotic Coffee Comes to Brooklyn, But Will It Stay?
Believe it or not, building a tiny compiler from scratch can be as fun as it is accessible. [James Smith] demonstrates by making a tiny compiler for an extremely simple …read more Continue reading Here’s How To Build a Tiny Compiler From Scratch
Most of us have seen those demonstrations of metal parts that mate together so finely that, once together, they have no visible seam at all. But how, exactly, is this …read more Continue reading Learn How Impossibly Close-fitting Parts Are Actually Made
[Joren] recently did some work as part of an electronic music heritage project, and restored an 80s-era NeXTcube workstation complete with vintage sound card, setting it up with a copy …read more Continue reading MIDI Interface for NeXTcube Plugs Into The Past
Ever wondered how to approach making your own digital guitar effects pedal? [Steven Hazel] and a friend have done exactly that, using an Adafruit Feather M4 Express board and a …read more Continue reading DIY Programmable Guitar Pedal Rocks The Studio & Stage
Virginia T. Norwood passed away earlier this year at the age of 96, and NASA’s farewell to this influential pioneer is a worth a read. Virginia was a brilliant physicist …read more Continue reading Remembering Virginia Norwood, Mother of NASA’s Landsat Success
A thermoelectric generator (TEG) can turn a temperature difference into electricity, and while temperature differentials abound in our environment, it’s been difficult to harness them into generate practical and stable …read more Continue reading Passively Generating Power Day and Night Takes The Right Parts