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Water damage can quickly make even the nicest buildings unliveable. [Andres Leon] suffered a small flood from an air conditioning unit, and wanted to avoid such issues in future. Thus, …read more Continue reading Wireless Water Detector Hooks Up To Home Assistant
Model trains are fun, but sometimes little whirring motors in electric models feel a long way from the hulking metal beasts of the real railways. [Lewis] of [DIY Machines] adds …read more Continue reading 3D Print Yourself A Tiny Steam Train Complete With Smoke Effects
If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the years, it’s that if it’s got a silicon chip inside, it could be carrying a virus. Research by one group focused on …read more Continue reading Trojans Can Lurk Inside AVR Bootloaders
Sometimes, hacking is just for the pleasure of diving into the secrets of old hardware. That was very much the case when [glitch] and a friend started hacking on some …read more Continue reading Old Barcode Scanner Motherboards Live Again
There’s seldom anything as joyful and relaxing to watch as a simple marble run. Of course, the thing about letting marbles fall under gravity is that you eventually need to …read more Continue reading A 3D Printed Marble Run Features Neat Elevator Linkage
Hex codes are a simple, unambiguous way to designate colors in digital media. However, going from a color in your head to a hex code can be difficult for the …read more Continue reading Mechanical Color Picker Types Hex Codes For You
Overhangs are the bane of the melty-plastic 3D printing world. Often, we try to avoid them with creative print alignments, or we compensate with supports. However, [3DPrintBunny] decided to embrace …read more Continue reading 3D Printed String Vase Shows What’s Possible
When it comes to children’s ride-on toys, the Star Wars Land Speeder is one of the cooler examples out there. However, with weedy 12-volt motors, they certainly don’t move quickly. …read more Continue reading Ride-on Star Wars Land Speeder Gets A Real Jet Engine
3D printers are great at creating complex geometry out of plastic, and that geometry can often pull off some impressive tricks. [DaveMakesStuff] found a way to generate geometry that draws …read more Continue reading Hand-Cranked Doodler Made Using a 3D Printer
The big problem with Pokemon Silver is that it came in a cartridge made of only-slightly-sparkly grey plastic. [Modified] decided to fix all that, making an all-silver cartridge instead. The …read more Continue reading A Pokemon Silver Cartridge Made of Pure Silver