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2024 Hackaday Supercon Talk: Killing Mosquitoes with Freaking Drones, and Sonar

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Elliot Williams

Suppose that you want to get rid of a whole lot of mosquitoes with a quadcopter drone by chopping them up in the rotor blades. If you had really good …read more Continue reading 2024 Hackaday Supercon Talk: Killing Mosquitoes with Freaking Drones, and Sonar→

Posted in cons, drone hacks, Featured, Interest

“Unnecessary” Automation of a DIY Star Lamp Build

Posted on March 24, 2025 by Elliot Williams

It all started with a gift idea: a star-field lamp in the form of a concrete sphere with lightpipes poking out where the stars are, lit up from the inside …read more Continue reading “Unnecessary” Automation of a DIY Star Lamp Build→

Posted in classic hacks, cnc, cnc hacks, Machine | Tagged Automation

Building the Simplest Atomic Force Microscope

Posted on March 23, 2025 by Elliot Williams

Doing it yourself may not get you the most precise lab equipment in the world, but it gets you a hands-on appreciation of the techniques that just can’t be beat. …read more Continue reading Building the Simplest Atomic Force Microscope→

Posted in atomic force microscope, classic hacks, Science

Generative Art Machine Does it One Euro at a Time

Posted on March 22, 2025 by Elliot Williams

[Niklas Roy] obviously had a great time building this generative art cabinet that puts you in the role of the curator – ever-changing images show on the screen, but it’s …read more Continue reading Generative Art Machine Does it One Euro at a Time→

Posted in lcd, Machine, niklas roy | Tagged Art

Thanks for Hackaday Europe!

Posted on March 22, 2025 by Elliot Williams

We just got back from Hackaday Europe last weekend, and we’re still coming down off the high. It was great to be surrounded by so many crazy, bright, and crazy-bright …read more Continue reading Thanks for Hackaday Europe!→

Posted in 2025 Hackaday Europe, cons, culture, Hackaday Columns

FlyingCam is a Sweet DIY Webcam on a Stick

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Elliot Williams

Imagine you want to monitor a pot on the stove to see if it’s boiling over for just a few minutes, but you don’t want to have a dedicated permanent …read more Continue reading FlyingCam is a Sweet DIY Webcam on a Stick→

Posted in classic hacks, ESP32, ESP32 camera, Ikea

Physical Computing Used to be a Thing

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Elliot Williams

In the early 2000s, the idea that you could write programs on microcontrollers that did things in the physical world, like run motors or light up LEDs, was kind of …read more Continue reading Physical Computing Used to be a Thing→

Posted in arduino, Hackaday Columns, Hardware, physical computing, Rant, Software, software hacks

Hackaday Europe 2025 Welcomes David Cuartielles, Announces Friday Night Bring-a-Hack

Posted on March 6, 2025 by Elliot Williams

If you’re coming to Hackaday Europe 2025, you’ve got just over a week to get your bags packed and head on out to Berlin. Of course you have tickets already, …read more Continue reading Hackaday Europe 2025 Welcomes David Cuartielles, Announces Friday Night Bring-a-Hack→

Posted in 2025 Hackaday Europe, arduino, cons, Hackaday Columns, keynote, News

Practice While You Work

Posted on March 1, 2025 by Elliot Williams

This week, I had to do something I haven’t done in a long, long time: make myself a custom PCB the old-fashioned way, with laser toner and etchant. The reason? …read more Continue reading Practice While You Work→

Posted in Hackaday Columns, newsletter, Practice, precision

Hackaday Europe 2025: Workshops and More Speakers

Posted on February 26, 2025 by Elliot Williams

We’re proud to announce the last round of speakers, as well as the two workshops that we’ll be running at 2025 Hackaday Europe in Berlin on March 15th and 16th …read more Continue reading Hackaday Europe 2025: Workshops and More Speakers→

Posted in 2025 Hackaday Europe, cons, fun, Hackaday Columns, News, speakers, workshops

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