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Charging While Driving Now Possible in Michigan

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Navarre Bartz

A white cargo van drives over a black asphalt road. An "x-ray" illustration shows the inductive coils inside the road as it drives over them.

Heavy vehicles like semi trucks pose a bigger challenge in electrifying the transportation fleet than smaller, more aerodynamic passenger cars. Michigan now has the first public in-road charging system in …read more Continue reading Charging While Driving Now Possible in Michigan→

Public Power, WiFi, and Shelter

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Navarre Bartz

A dark brown bench suspended between two white and grey rectangular pillars. They are capped in the same brown HDPE material. Aluminum uprights go to a curved solar panel roof that looks somewhat similar to a paragliding chute. The bench is inside a clean-looking workshop with two large toolboxes against a plywood half wall.

In the US, we’re starting to see some pushback against hostile architecture, and in this vein, [benhobby] built a swanky public power and Wi-Fi access point. This beautiful piece of …read more Continue reading Public Power, WiFi, and Shelter→

A Revolution in Vehicle Drivetrains?

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Navarre Bartz

An image of the inside of a vehicle wheel. An outer ring gear is attached to two articulated sets of three small helical gears attached to a central sun gear. A shaft from the right side enters into the sun gear.

Power delivery in passenger vehicle drivetrains hasn’t changed much since the introduction of the continuously variable (CV) joint in the 1930s. Most electric vehicles still deliver power via the same …read more Continue reading A Revolution in Vehicle Drivetrains?→

Mini Apple IIe Now Fully Functional

Posted on December 5, 2023 by Navarre Bartz

A bald white man stands behind a table with an Apple II, a large green PCB, and a modular purple and black development board system. Atop the Apple II is what appears to be a smaller Apple II complete with beige case and brown fake keyboard.

Here at Hackaday, we love living in a future with miniaturized versions of our favorite retrocomputers. [James Lewis] has given us another with his fully functional Apple IIe from the …read more Continue reading Mini Apple IIe Now Fully Functional→

A Colorful Take on the E-Ink Photo Frame

Posted on November 22, 2023 by Navarre Bartz

A brown, wooden picture frame with a white matte holds a slightly pixelated photo of gaming miniatures. It is sitting on a wooden table.

Everyone loves sharing photos, and with most pictures being taken on smartphones now, digital frames are more convenient than finding a photo printer. [Wolfgang Ziegler] used an e-ink screen to …read more Continue reading A Colorful Take on the E-Ink Photo Frame→

Pi-lomar Puts an Observatory in Your Hands

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Navarre Bartz

A black motion system with two stepper motors. A green circuit board is fixed in a rotating cage in the center, and the entire assembly is on a white base atop a green cutting mat. Wires wind through the assembly.

Humans have loved looking up at the night sky for time immemorial, and that hasn’t stopped today. [MattHh] has taken this love to the next level with the Pi-lomar Miniature …read more Continue reading Pi-lomar Puts an Observatory in Your Hands→

Restoring the Silver Swan Automaton

Posted on November 19, 2023 by Navarre Bartz

A long, skeletal neck of a swan automaton sits on a table. Two men are on either side of it, lowering the swan's body back on.

It’s easier than ever to build your own robot, but humans have been building automatons since before anyone had even thought of electronics. One beautiful example is the Silver Swan, …read more Continue reading Restoring the Silver Swan Automaton→

An Off-Grid EV Camper Van

Posted on November 14, 2023 by Navarre Bartz

A large, teardrop-shaped van with a wide, friendly face sits in a grassy field. A grey canvas pop top is opened on its top and solar panels extend from either side of its roof, making it look somewhat like a large insect with wings extended.

Despite our predilection for creature comforts like electricity, it can be nice to get away from it all from time-to-time. Students from Eindhoven University of Technology developed Stella Vita to …read more Continue reading An Off-Grid EV Camper Van→

Open Brain Surgery for EBikes and EScooters

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Navarre Bartz

An ebike motor with the controller cover removed. A number of wires and connectors take up most of the space in the cavity.

Personal Electric Vehicles (PEVs) all contain the same basic set of parts: a motor, a battery, a motor controller, some sensors, and a display to parse the information. This simplicity …read more Continue reading Open Brain Surgery for EBikes and EScooters→