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2025 Hackaday Superconference: Announcing our Workshops and Tickets

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Elliot Williams

Can you feel the nip of fall in the air? That can only mean one thing: Supercon is just around the corner. The next few weeks are going to bring …read more Continue reading 2025 Hackaday Superconference: Announcing our Workshops and Tickets→

Posted in 2025 Hackaday Superconference, Conference, cons, Hackaday Columns, News, tickets, Workshop

Worst Clock Ever Teaches You QR Codes

Posted on September 18, 2025 by Elliot Williams

[WhiskeyTangoHotel] wrote in with his newest clock build — and he did warn us that it was minimalist and maybe less than useful. Indeed, it is nothing more than a …read more Continue reading Worst Clock Ever Teaches You QR Codes→

Posted in arduino, Arduino Hacks, library, Microcontrollers, QR code

PCBs the Prehistoric Way

Posted on September 18, 2025 by Elliot Williams

When we see an extremely DIY project, you always get someone who jokes “well, you didn’t collect sand and grow your own silicon”. [Patrícia J. Reis] and [Stefanie Wuschitz] did …read more Continue reading PCBs the Prehistoric Way→

Posted in 3D Printing, arduino, Arduino Hacks, clay, extreme diy, pcb | Tagged Art

Smooth! Non-Planar 3D Ironing

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Elliot Williams

Is 2025 finally the year of non-planar 3D printing? Maybe it won’t have to be if [Ten Tech] gets his way! Ironing is the act of going over the top …read more Continue reading Smooth! Non-Planar 3D Ironing→

Posted in 3d printer, 3d Printer hacks, non-planar | Tagged Ironing

2025 Hackaday Component Abuse Challenge: Let the Games Begin!

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Elliot Williams

In theory, all parts are ideal and do just exactly what they say on the box. In practice, everything has its limits, most components have non-ideal characteristics, and you can …read more Continue reading 2025 Hackaday Component Abuse Challenge: Let the Games Begin!→

Posted in classic hacks, components, contest, contests, Featured, Hacks, Interest

Keep Reading, Keep Watching

Posted on September 13, 2025 by Elliot Williams

I’ve been flying quadcopters a fair bit lately, and trying to learn some new tricks also means crashing them, which inevitably means repairing them. Last weekend, I was working on …read more Continue reading Keep Reading, Keep Watching→

Posted in Hackaday Columns, newsletter, rants

Knowing That It Is Possible

Posted on September 6, 2025 by Elliot Williams

We like to think that we can do almost anything. Give me a broken piece of consumer electronics, and I’ll open it up and kick the capacitors. Give me an …read more Continue reading Knowing That It Is Possible→

Posted in cellphone, Cellphone Hacks, newsletter, rants, smartphone

Who is Your Audience?

Posted on August 23, 2025 by Elliot Williams

Here at Hackaday HQ, we all have opinions about the way we like to do things. And no surprise, this extends to the way we like to lay out circuits …read more Continue reading Who is Your Audience?→

Posted in conversations, documentation, Hackaday Columns, open source hardware, PCB design, PCB Hacks

Metric, Imperial, and Flexibility

Posted on August 16, 2025 by Elliot Williams

Al Williams wrote up a seemingly innocent piece on a couple of rules-of-thumb to go between metric and US traditional units, and the comment section went wild! Nothing seems to …read more Continue reading Metric, Imperial, and Flexibility→

Posted in Hackaday Columns, imperial, metric, newsletter, rants, religious war, units

A Love Letter to Prototype Zero

Posted on August 9, 2025 by Elliot Williams

An old friend of mine at my hackerspace introduced me to the concept of Prototype Zero: The Version that Even Your Own Sweet Mother Isn’t Allowed to See. The idea …read more Continue reading A Love Letter to Prototype Zero→

Posted in Creativity, Hackaday Columns, newsletter, prototyping, rants

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