Collaborate Disseminate
This week, Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos met up from their separate but equally pin drop-quiet offices to discuss the best hacks of the previous week. Well, we liked …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast 242: Mechanical Math, KaboomBox, and Racing the Beam
You never forget your first diorama, especially when it’s interactive. Although admittely a bit late to celebrate Erntedankfest (Germanic Thanksgiving), [Markus Bindhammer] is ahead of the curve when it comes …read more Continue reading Interactive Chameleon Lamp Changes Color At Your Whim
[crispernaki]’s opening comments to this VCR head scroll wheel project lament that overall technical details aren’t “complex, ground-breaking, or even exciting.” Since when does that matter? The point is that …read more Continue reading Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Foot Keyboard
Ka-chunk. Let’s face it, 8-tracks were not that great. But the players, that’s another story. The Panasonic RQ-830S, aka the dynamite or TNT player is just one of many lovely …read more Continue reading KaboomBox is a Firecracker of a Music Player
For all that modern washers and dryers do, they don’t let you know when they’re finished. Or they do, but it’s only a short victory song that plays once and …read more Continue reading Spinning Up a New Laundry Monitor
This may look like another DIY mechanical keyboard, but it’s hiding a secret. [Mx. Jack Nelson] has combined Halloween and keyboards in glorious, haunted fashion. Type a line, any line …read more Continue reading 2023 Halloween Hackfest: Haunted Keyboard Is Free From Ghosting
Okay, now this is just plain fun. [Linus Åkesson] modified a Commodore Datassette player to move its “mouth” and, when quadrupled, sing a clever barbershop tune called “Sweet End of …read more Continue reading Commodore Datassette Does Barbershop Quartet
Well, we’re just zipping right through this series, no? So far we’ve looked at various postal machines and how they work to flip mail around, cancel the postage, and sort …read more Continue reading You’ve Got Mail: Grilled, Scrambled, and Other Delicious Stamps
The funny thing about keyboard end game is that it usually involves more than one keyboard. Rare is the board that is great for both home and away. Having finished …read more Continue reading The Birdy44 Keyboard Is Something to Crow About
If you know, you know. After becoming fully engrossed in the sci-fi psycho-thriller “Severance“, [Ben Brooks] absolutely needed to have a version of the ominous speaker known as the Board. …read more Continue reading 2023 Halloween Hackfest: A Spooky “Severance” Speaker