Against Elitism
A while back we got an anonymous complaint that Hackaday was “elitist”, and that got me thinking. We do write up the hacks that we find the coolest, and that …read more Continue reading Against Elitism
Author Archives: Elliot Williams
2024 Hackaday Superconference Speakers, Round One
Supercon is the Ultimate Hardware Conference and you need to be there! We’ve got a stellar slate of speakers this year — way too many to feature in one post. …read more Continue reading 2024 Hackaday Superconference Speakers, Round One
Always Something New Under the Sun
Some of the entries we got into the Tiny Games Contest have been really mind-blowing. Just as you think you’ve seen it all, for instance, alnwlsn comes along and mills …read more Continue reading Always Something New Under the Sun
Fun and Failure
My sister is a beekeeper, or maybe a meta-beekeper. She ends up making more money by breeding and selling new queen bees to other beekeepers than she does by selling …read more Continue reading Fun and Failure
Your Data in the Cloud
I try not to go off on security rants in the newsletter, but this week I’m unable to hold back. An apparent breach of a data aggregator has resulted in …read more Continue reading Your Data in the Cloud
Proxxon CNC Conversion Makes a Small Mill a Bit Bigger
The Proxxon MF70 mini-mill is a cheap and cheerful, but decently made little desktop mill. As such, it’s been the target of innumerable CNC-ification projects, including an official kit from …read more Continue reading Proxxon CNC Conversion Makes a Small Mill a Bit Bigger
Proxxon CNC Conversion Makes a Small Mill a Bit Bigger
The Proxxon MF70 mini-mill is a cheap and cheerful, but decently made little desktop mill. As such, it’s been the target of innumerable CNC-ification projects, including an official kit from …read more Continue reading Proxxon CNC Conversion Makes a Small Mill a Bit Bigger
Better Living Through Hackery
Hackaday’s own [Arya Voronova] has been on a multi-year kick to make technology more personal by making it herself, and has just now started writing about it. Her main point …read more Continue reading Better Living Through Hackery
Raspberry Has a New Pico, Built with the New RP2350
Raspberry Pi’s first foray into the world of microcontrollers, the RP2040, was a very interesting chip. Its standout features were the programmable input/output units (PIOs) which enabled all sorts of …read more Continue reading Raspberry Has a New Pico, Built with the New RP2350
Tulip is a Micropython Synth Workstation, in an ESP32
We’re not sure exactly what Tulip is, because it’s so many things all at once. It’s a music-making environment that’s programmable in Python, runs on your big computer or on …read more Continue reading Tulip is a Micropython Synth Workstation, in an ESP32