Collaborate Disseminate
When it comes to space exploration, we often think of billion-dollar projects—NASA’s Artemis missions, ESA’s Mars rovers, or China’s Tiangong station. Yet, a group of U.S. students at USC’s Rocket …read more Continue reading Aftershock II: How Students Shattered 20-Year Amateur Rocket Records
If you’re into hacking hardware and bending light to your will, [Shoaib Mustafa]’s latest project is bound to spike your curiosity. Combining lasers to project multi-colored beams onto a screen …read more Continue reading Lasers, Galvos, Action: A Quest for Laser Mastery
If you’re into CNC machining, mechanical tinkering, or just love a good engineering rabbit hole, you’re in for a treat. Substack’s [lcamtuf] has written a quick yet insightful 15-minute introduction …read more Continue reading Gear Up: A 15-Minute Intro on Involute Gears
![[James] and his Lemontron portable 3D printer](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/lemontron-1200.jpg?w=800)
What if your 3D printer could fit in a box of filament but still rival the build plate size of heavyweights? Enter the Lemontron, a free and open source portable …read more Continue reading If Life Gives You Lemons, Build this Lemontron
Tinkerers and tech enthusiasts, brace yourselves: the frontier of biohacking has just expanded. Picture implantable medical devices that don’t need batteries—no more surgeries for replacements or bulky contraptions. Though not …read more Continue reading Batteries Not Included: Navigating the Implants of Tomorrow
Space and mystery always spark our curiosity, so when we stumbled upon the story of Skynet-1A, Britain’s first communication satellite from 1969, we knew it was worth exploring. The BBC …read more Continue reading Britain’s Oldest Satellite on the Move: a Space Curiosity
Here’s a slice of history that will make any retro-tech fan grin: before TikTok and iMovie, there was a beast called the Videonics DirectED Plus. This early attempt at democratizing …read more Continue reading Videonics: The Dawn of Home Video Editing, Revisited
![[rasteri] holding his HIDMan USB dongle](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/retro-usb-1200.jpg?w=800)
Retro computing enthusiasts, rejoice! HIDman, [rasteri]’s latest open source creation, bridges the gap between modern USB input devices and vintage PCs, from the IBM 5150 to machines with PS/2 ports. …read more Continue reading HIDman Brings Modern Input to Vintage PCs
![[miko_tarik] wearing diy AR goggles in futuristic setting](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/diy-ar-goggles-1200.jpg?w=800)
If you’re into pushing tech boundaries from home, this one’s for you. Redditor [mi_kotalik] has crafted ‘Zero’, a custom pair of DIY augmented reality (AR) glasses using a Raspberry Pi …read more Continue reading Pi Zero to AR: Building DIY Augmented Reality Glasses
In the world of retro gaming, some legends never die – especially the ‘phantom’ PSP, Sony’s mythical handheld that never saw the light of day. While that elusive device remains …read more Continue reading The Phantom PSP: Crafting The Handheld Sony Never Sold