Hello, Halloween Hackfest!
Halloween is possibly the hackiest of holidays. Think about it: when else do you get to add animatronic eyes to everyday objects, or break out the CNC machine to cut …read more Continue reading Hello, Halloween Hackfest!
Author Archives: Elliot Williams
Inspiration
While we were debating about whether it even makes any sense to reboot RadioShack, or indeed any brick-and-mortar electronics store in the modern era, Dan Maloney and I stumbled on …read more Continue reading Inspiration
Agreeing by Disagreeing
While we were working on the podcast this week, Al Williams and I got into a debate about the utility of logic analyzers. (It’s Hackaday, after all.) He said they’re …read more Continue reading Agreeing by Disagreeing
To Give Is Better Than To Receive
Better to give a talk at a hacker event, that is. Or in your hackerspace, or even just to a bunch of fellow nerds whenever you can. When you give …read more Continue reading To Give Is Better Than To Receive
How Do They Do That?
Last week’s Chaos Communication Camp is kinda a big deal: 6,000 hackers all out in a field all need power, food, drink, networking, and of course, sewage in the middle …read more Continue reading How Do They Do That?
LaForge Demystifies eSIM
This talk at Chaos Communications Camp 2023 is probably everything you want to know about eSIM technology, in just under an hour. And it’s surprisingly complicated. If you’ve never dug …read more Continue reading LaForge Demystifies eSIM
Chaos and Camping
In a field somewhere north of Berlin right now, around 5,500 hackers and their family members are blinking, coding, building, giving talks, and simply hanging out. Once every four years, …read more Continue reading Chaos and Camping
Hackaday Podcast Ep 232: Chaos Communications Camp Placeholder Edition
Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams is off at Chaos Communications Camp, and Assistant Editor Tom Nardi is off on vacation, so there’s no real podcast this week. If you need something to …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast Ep 232: Chaos Communications Camp Placeholder Edition
2023 Hackaday Supercon Tickets on Sale Now!
The 2023 Hackaday Superconference isn’t taking place until November, but the time to get your tickets is right now. Hackaday’s Supercon is far and away the coolest hardware-focused hacker con …read more Continue reading 2023 Hackaday Supercon Tickets on Sale Now!
Blinded With Science
So the room-temperature superconductor was a super disappointment, but even though the claims didn’t stand up in the end, the even better news is that real science was done. A …read more Continue reading Blinded With Science