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Liquid Nitrogen Isn’t Suitable For Steam Engines

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Lewin Day

Liquid nitrogen is fun stuff to play with, as long as you’re careful and avoid freezing your own fingers off and shattering them on the workbench. As the liquid turns …read more Continue reading Liquid Nitrogen Isn’t Suitable For Steam Engines→

Posted in hero's engine, liquid nitrogen, Science, steam engine

Video Feedback Effects Make A Glorious Spectacle in HD

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Lewin Day

Video feedback is perhaps best known for its appearance in the film clip to Bohemian Rhapsody. It’s not a particularly popular effect that you see too often, as it’s rather …read more Continue reading Video Feedback Effects Make A Glorious Spectacle in HD→

Posted in 4K, video, video feedback | Tagged Art

Scanning Medium Format Film on a 35mm Scanner

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Lewin Day

Scanning film is great for archival purposes as well as sharing said photos digitally. However, if you’re scanning 120 film, aka medium format, it can be expensive to get the …read more Continue reading Scanning Medium Format Film on a 35mm Scanner→

Posted in camera, film, film scanner, medium format, misc hacks, scanner

How To Modify Your Car Stereo for Bluetooth or Aux-In

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Lewin Day

If you’re an automotive enthusiast of taste, you can’t stand the idea of fitting a janky aftermarket stereo into your nice, clean ride. Flashy, modern head units can spoil the …read more Continue reading How To Modify Your Car Stereo for Bluetooth or Aux-In→

Posted in aux, car, car hacks, digital audio hacks, Hackaday Columns, Original Art, retrofit | Tagged Audio, Bluetooth

Emulating the IBM PC on an ESP32

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Lewin Day

The IBM PC spawned the basic architecture that grew into the dominant Wintel platform we know today. Once heavy, cumbersome and power thirsty, it’s a machine that you can now …read more Continue reading Emulating the IBM PC on an ESP32→

Posted in ESP32, FabGL, IBM PC, misc hacks, pc

Rooting The Atari VCS 800

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Lewin Day

The Atari VCS 800 is a modern product, a hybrid of a PC and a games console. Fundamentally, its a bunch of modern chips in a box running Linux that …read more Continue reading Rooting The Atari VCS 800→

Posted in atari, atari vcs 800, misc hacks, root, root access

Black and White TV Was Hiding A Special Input Board

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Lewin Day

[John Floren] found a nice old black & white TV in a thrift store, and as so many of us would, he decided to take it home. He was surprised …read more Continue reading Black and White TV Was Hiding A Special Input Board→

Posted in composite video, misc hacks, television, tv

Building An Electronic Tester For Measuring Arrow Stiffness

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Lewin Day

When shooting archery, if you want to be accurate, you need arrows of uniform specification and quality. One important part of this is making sure each arrow has a spine …read more Continue reading Building An Electronic Tester For Measuring Arrow Stiffness→

Posted in archery, arrow, load cell, misc hacks

Little Quadruped Uses Many Servos

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Lewin Day

Walking robots were once the purview of major corporations spending huge dollars on research programs. Now, they’re something you can experiment with at home. [Technovation] has been doing just that …read more Continue reading Little Quadruped Uses Many Servos→

Posted in arduino, robot, robots hacks | Tagged Quadruped

A Simple Sun Tracker With Very Few Parts

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Lewin Day

There are a huge number of ways to track the sun if you have some reason to do so. You can use time-based algorithms, or feed in coordinates from the …read more Continue reading A Simple Sun Tracker With Very Few Parts→

Posted in misc hacks, solar, solar panel, solar tracker, sun tracker

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