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
Author Archives: Elliot Williams
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
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
Measurement is Science
I was watching Ben Krasnow making iron nitride permanent magnets and was struck by the fact that about half of the video was about making a magnetometer – a device …read more Continue reading Measurement is Science
Pulling Back the Veil, Practically
In a marvelous college lecture in front of a class of engineering students, V. Hunter Adams professed his love for embedded engineering, but he might as well have been singing …read more Continue reading Pulling Back the Veil, Practically