Collaborate Disseminate
The Wico Boss joystick was one of the better designs of the 1980s. Yours truly had one, and put it through many brutal hours of Amiga-based gameplay. [Drygol] was recently …read more Continue reading Wico Boss Joystick Modded To Use Cherry MX Keyboard Switches
The one-wheel is a triumph of modern sensor and control technology. That made it possible to sense the acceleration and position of a platform with a single wheel, and to …read more Continue reading YouTuber Builds Onewheel With Tracks Instead And It’s Not Great
Volume unit (VU) meters are cool — it’s an undeniable fact. For some reason, humans just dig lights that flash along with sounds. You can build a VU meter using …read more Continue reading Build Yourself a Vacuum Tube VU Meter
The Enigma machine is the most well-known encryption tool used by German forces in World War II, mostly because it was so famously cracked by the Allies to great effect. …read more Continue reading A Binary Version of the Engima Machine
Voice assistants are neat — they let us interface with computers without having to bother with touching them at all. Still, many decry the perceived privacy intrusion these devices present, …read more Continue reading Your Voice Assistant Doesn’t Have To Be Cloudy
Editors Note: According to our infallible record keeping, this is the 50,000th post published on Hackaday! We weren’t sure this was the kind of milestone that required any drawn out …read more Continue reading You Should Be Allowed To Fix McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines, Say Federal Regulators
Once upon a time, RC transmitters were expensive units that cost hundreds of dollars even at the low end. Now, you can get them pretty cheaply, or, you can choose …read more Continue reading DIY RC Controller Built With Old-School Parts
Every 26 months, Earth and Mars come tantalizingly close by virtue of their relative orbits. The closest they’ve been in recent memory was a mere 55.7 million kilometers, a proximity …read more Continue reading The Hunt For Alien Radio Signals Began Sooner Than You Think
When you’re hooking up equipment across a vehicle, you’re often stuck sending power and data to and from things like sensors or actuators. The more wires you have to run, …read more Continue reading Running Power and Data Over Just Two Wires
Think of a greenhouse. It’s a structure with glass walls that lets light in and traps heat, all for the benefit of the plants inside. As for how it works, …read more Continue reading The Greenhouse Effect Isn’t For Greenhouses