Collaborate Disseminate
Desktop environments are the norm as computer interfaces these days, but there was once a time when they were a futuristic novelty whose mere presence on a computer marked it …read more Continue reading A GEM Of A Desktop Environment
The way to get into radio, and thence electronics, in the middle years of the last century, was to fire up a shortwave receiver and tune across the bands. In …read more Continue reading Give Your Band The Music Of The Bands
It’s not often that Hackaday brings you something from a cooking channel, but [I Want To Cook] has a fascinating look at Pyrex glassware that’s definitely worth watching. If you …read more Continue reading When Is Your Pyrex Not The Pyrex You Expect?
Radio experimenters often need a variable capacitor to tune their circuits, as the saying goes, for maximum smoke. In decades past these were readily available from almost any scrap radio, …read more Continue reading It’s A Variable Capacitor, But Not As We Know It
A Meshtastic node has been one of the toys of the moment over the last year, and since they are popular with radio amateurs there’s a chance you’ll already live …read more Continue reading The Practicality Of Solar Powered Meshtastic
For most people, experimentation with film photography comes in the form of the 35 mm format. Its ubiquity in snapshot photography means cameras are readily available at all levels, and …read more Continue reading How to Have a Medium Format Camera Without Breaking The Bank
If you take the wheels off a FIAT Punto, you might just notice that those rims fit nicely on a rail. [AT Lab] did, and the resulting build makes for …read more Continue reading This Rail Speeder Needs a Little Work
Over the years we’ve been entertained by an array of musical projects from [Look Mum No Computer], and his latest is no exception. It’s a tape delay, loop generator, and …read more Continue reading Round and Round with a Tape Delay Synth
There are a variety of robot mower systems on the market employing different navigation methods, and [Eelco] has the story of how one of these was reverse engineered. Second hand …read more Continue reading Reverse Engineering a Robot Mower’s Fence
We’ve all done it at some time — made an electrical connection by twisting together the bare ends of some wires. It’s quick, and easy, but because of how little …read more Continue reading Give Your Twist Connections Some Strength