Who is Your Audience?
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?
Author Archives: Elliot Williams
Metric, Imperial, and Flexibility
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
A Love Letter to Prototype Zero
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
Thanks, Tamiya-san
We’re saddened to report the passing of Shunsaku Tamiya, the man behind the Tamiya line of models. What was surprising about this, though, is how many of our readers and …read more Continue reading Thanks, Tamiya-san
Personalization, Industrial Design, and Hacked Devices
[Maya Posch] wrote up an insightful, and maybe a bit controversial, piece on the state of consumer goods design: The Death Of Industrial Design And The Era Of Dull Electronics. …read more Continue reading Personalization, Industrial Design, and Hacked Devices
Trickle Down: When Doing Something Silly Actually Makes Sense
One of the tropes of the space race back in the 1960s, which helped justify the spending for the part of the public who thought it wasn’t worth it, was …read more Continue reading Trickle Down: When Doing Something Silly Actually Makes Sense
Last Chance: 2025 Hackaday Supercon Still Wants You!
Good news, procrastinators! Today was going to be the last day to throw your hat in the ring for a slot to talk at Supercon in November, but we’re extending …read more Continue reading Last Chance: 2025 Hackaday Supercon Still Wants You!
Limitations, Creativity, and Challenges
This week, we announced the winners for the previous Pet Hacks contest and rang in our new contest: The One Hertz Challenge. So that’s got me in a contesty mood, …read more Continue reading Limitations, Creativity, and Challenges
Announcing the 2025 Hackaday One Hertz Challenge
It’s about time! Or maybe it’s about time’s reciprocal: frequency. Whichever way you see it, Hackaday is pleased to announce, just this very second, the 2025 One Hertz Challenge over …read more Continue reading Announcing the 2025 Hackaday One Hertz Challenge
Announcing the 2025 Pet Hacks Winners
When you really love your pawed, feathered, or scaled friends, you build projects for them. (Well, anyway, that’s what’s happened to us.) For the 2025 Pet Hacks Challenge, we asked …read more Continue reading Announcing the 2025 Pet Hacks Winners