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Wonderful Foldable Printable Dodecahedron

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Elliot Williams

Debra Ansell of [GeekMomProjects] fame came up with a neat, 3D design that prints flat and then folds up into everyone’s favorite Platonic solid: a D12. Why would you want …read more Continue reading Wonderful Foldable Printable Dodecahedron→

Posted in 3d print, 3d Printer hacks, dodecahedron

Blinking an Arduino LED, in Julia

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Elliot Williams

The Julia programming language is a horrible fit for a no-frills microcontroller like the ATMega328p that lies within the classic Arduino, but that didn’t stop [Sukera] from trying, and succeeding. …read more Continue reading Blinking an Arduino LED, in Julia→

Posted in arduino, AVR, julia, llvm, Microcontrollers, Programming, software hacks

The Box: Think Outside of It

Posted on May 28, 2022 by Elliot Williams

There’s no single recipe for creativity, as far as I know. But this week on the Podcast, Tom Nardi and I were talking about a number of hacks that were …read more Continue reading The Box: Think Outside of It→

Posted in Creativity, engineering, Hackaday Columns, rants | Tagged Art

Show Us Your Odd Inputs and Peculiar Peripherals!

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Elliot Williams

Just as the Jedi youngling would have to build their light saber, so is it a rite of passage for a true geek to build their own computer interfaces. And …read more Continue reading Show Us Your Odd Inputs and Peculiar Peripherals!→

Posted in contests, Hackaday Columns, Hackaday Contests | Tagged Input Device

2022 Hackaday Prize: Congratulations to the Planet-Friendly Power Finalists!

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Elliot Williams

The 2022 Hackaday Prize is focused on lightening our load on the planet, and one obvious way to do so is to get and store renewable power locally — the …read more Continue reading 2022 Hackaday Prize: Congratulations to the Planet-Friendly Power Finalists!→

Posted in 2022 Hackaday Prize, contests, finalists, green hacks, winners

One Solution, Many Problems

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Elliot Williams

You might think you’re lucky when one of your problems has multiple solutions, and you get to pick and choose, but you’re even luckier when one solution has many problems! …read more Continue reading One Solution, Many Problems→

Posted in charliplexing, diode matrix, ghosting, Hackaday Columns, Keyboard, rants

Who is Thinking About Open Source Firmware?

Posted on May 14, 2022 by Elliot Williams

Yesterday, we ran a post on NVIDIA’s announcement of open-source drivers for some of its most recent video cards. And Hackaday being huge proponents of open-source software and hardware, you’d …read more Continue reading Who is Thinking About Open Source Firmware?→

Posted in Firmware, Hackaday Columns, open-source, rants, Software

Theory, Practice, and Ducted Fans

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Elliot Williams

About a year ago, [Wyman’s Workshop] needed a fan. But not just a regular-old fan, no sir. A ducted fan. You know, those fancy fan designs where the stationary shroud …read more Continue reading Theory, Practice, and Ducted Fans→

Posted in bench grinder, Ducted Fan, Science, tool hacks | Tagged Physics, Testing

Becky Stern, David Cranor, and a CT Scanner vs the Oura Ring

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Elliot Williams

If you wonder how it’s possible to fit a fitness tracker into a ring, well, you’re not alone. [Becky Stern] sent one off to get CT scanned, went at it …read more Continue reading Becky Stern, David Cranor, and a CT Scanner vs the Oura Ring→

Posted in miniaturization, Ring, teardown, wearable hacks

Will MiSTer Fool You Into Learning FPGAs?

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Elliot Williams

What’s the killer app for FPGAs? For some people, the allure is the ultra-high data throughput for parallelizable tasks, which can enable some pretty gnarly projects. But what if you’re …read more Continue reading Will MiSTer Fool You Into Learning FPGAs?→

Posted in arcade, FPGA, learning, retrocomputing, video

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