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Holy Parachute out of Kirigami

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Ian Bos
Colorful parachutes at different levels of expansion

If you have a fear of heights and find yourself falling out of an airplane, you probably don’t want to look up to find your parachute full of holes. However, …read more Continue reading Holy Parachute out of Kirigami→

Posted in classic hacks | Tagged Aerodynamics, kirigami, Origami

Mesmerizing Patterns from Simple Rules

Posted on October 8, 2025 by Ian Bos
Cool looking picture created with lots of particles

Nature is known for its intense beauty from its patterns and bright colors; however, this requires going outside. Who has time for that insanity!?!? [Bleuje] provides the perfect solution with …read more Continue reading Mesmerizing Patterns from Simple Rules→

Posted in agent, background, bio-inspired, Science

Pill Sized Scoop of Your Internals

Posted on September 24, 2025 by Ian Bos
capsule shown with magnetic fields represented with arrows

Taking a look inside the human body has never been easier — just swallow a camera in the shape of a pill. However, what is not quite as easy is …read more Continue reading Pill Sized Scoop of Your Internals→

Posted in bio-robotics, biomedical, biomedical engineering, magnetics, Medical hacks, research

Original Mac Limitations Can’t Stop You from Running AI Models

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Ian Bos
Neural network shown on original mac screen, handwritten 2 on left and predictions on right

Modern retrocomputing tricks often push old hardware and systems further than any of the back-in-the-day developers could have ever dreamed. How about a neural network on an original Mac? [KenDesigns] …read more Continue reading Original Mac Limitations Can’t Stop You from Running AI Models→

Posted in apple, Apple Macintosh, mnist databse, neural network, News, SDK

Open Source Interactive Wallpapers for Windows

Posted on August 30, 2025 by Ian Bos
Octos background with hackaday website pulled up

It’s late at night, and you’re avoiding work that was supposed to be done yesterday. You could open an application on your desktop to keep your attention, or what about …read more Continue reading Open Source Interactive Wallpapers for Windows→

Posted in background, conways game of life, css, html, JS, Microsoft Store, octos, open-source | Tagged Art, Desktop

Breakout Boards for the Blind

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Ian Bos
Three breakout boards connected with a few wires

Connecting an LED to a battery seems trivial. If you have any knowledge of using breadboards, knowing that red goes with red, and that black goes with black, it’s as …read more Continue reading Breakout Boards for the Blind→

Posted in accessibility, braille, breakout board, proto, tool hacks, visual impairment | Tagged Blind

Josef Prusa Warns Open Hardware 3D Printing is Dead

Posted on August 13, 2025 by Ian Bos

It’s hard to overstate the impact desktop 3D printing has had on the making and hacking scene. It drastically lowered the barrier for many to create their own projects, and …read more Continue reading Josef Prusa Warns Open Hardware 3D Printing is Dead→

Posted in 3d Printer hacks, 3D Printing, Joseph Prusa, patent law, Patent Troll, prusa

Why Names Break Systems

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Ian Bos

Web systems are designed to be simple and reliable. Designing for the everyday person is the goal, but if you don’t consider the odd man out, they may encounter some …read more Continue reading Why Names Break Systems→

Posted in apostrophe, ASCII, code injection, security hacks, SQL Injection, unicode, web design

Fire Alarm Disco Party

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Ian Bos
Dude about to pull a fire alarm

What should your first instinct be when the room catches on fire? Maybe get out of the room, pull an alarm, and have a disco party? Not your first instinct? …read more Continue reading Fire Alarm Disco Party→

Posted in disco ball, Fire Alarm, led hacks, musical hacks

Tetris in a Single Line of Code

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Ian Bos

PC gaming in the modern era has become a GPU measuring contest, but back when computers had far fewer resources, every sprite had to be accounted for. To many, this …read more Continue reading Tetris in a Single Line of Code→

Posted in bbc basic, classic hacks, emulation, games, one line, tetris

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