Collaborate Disseminate
You may have seen surveyors (or maths students) running around with measuring wheels, counting the clicks to measure distances. [AGBarber]’s digital measuring wheel works in much the same way, but …read more Continue reading Digital Measuring Wheel Is Exactly What It Sounds Like
Watering the garden is important to do regularly if you want your plants to thrive. [Nikodem Bartnik] built a system to handle it for him, keeping his garden on the …read more Continue reading Watering The Garden With A Solar-Powered System
Sometimes you need to get a project to talk to you, so you can see what’s going on inside. The ESP32 console Arduino library from [jbtronics] promises just that. The …read more Continue reading ESP32 Gets a Nifty Serial Console Library
As confusing as it can be, USB-C is actually pretty good, and certainly has its fans. [David Buchanan] must be one of them, for he did a great job putting …read more Continue reading Now There’s USB-C On The iPhone SE
Smartphones use big touchscreens on the front as a useful tactile interface. However, our hands naturally wrap around the back of the phone, too. This area is underutilized as an …read more Continue reading Turning The Back of Your Phone Into a Touchpad
There are many ways to tell the time, from using analog dials to 7-segment displays. Hackers tend to enjoy binary watches, if only for their association with the digital machines …read more Continue reading Simple Binary Watch Uses A PCB Body
Joysticks are great for gaming, but sometimes it’s hard to find one that suits your personal playstyle. [Nixie] developed the TinkerJoy to suit their own needs, while giving it a …read more Continue reading Building a Modular Joystick For Star Citizen
[SunShine] has been working on 3D printed pumps and similar parts with an aim towards building smaller and more compact hydraulic systems. His latest effort involves printing working hydraulic check …read more Continue reading 3D Printing a Check Valve In Metal
A Jack-In-The-Box is scary enough the first time. However, if you’ve seen the clown pop out before, it fails to have the same impact. [Franklinstein] decided that swapping out the …read more Continue reading Hacking A Jack-in-the-Box To Be Extra Surprising
If you can buy something off the shelf, there’s a good chance that someone has tried to 3D print their own version. [Daniel Norée] did just that with skateboard trucks, …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Skate Trucks Do Surprisingly Okay