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3D printing hard-to-find vintage vehicle parts

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

A sliced digital file of a marker light enclosure. Background is a white and grey grid and object itself is a series of print path lines in red, orange, and green.

When I was growing up, my dad and I restored classic cars. Combing junkyards for the pieces we needed was a mixture of interesting and frustrating since there was always …read more Continue reading 3D printing hard-to-find vintage vehicle parts→

Custom Macro Pad Helps Deliver Winning Formulas

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

For those of us with science and engineering backgrounds, opening the character map or memorizing the Unicode shortcuts for various symbols is a tedious but familiar part of writing reports …read more Continue reading Custom Macro Pad Helps Deliver Winning Formulas→

Doomba: Purifying Your Floors With Fire

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

A circular wheeled robot sits on a white background. There is a green tank of butane/propane in the center surrounded by wires and electronics.

If you’ve ever thought that your floor cleaning robot eating the fringe on your rug wasn’t destructive enough, [Kyle Brinkerhoff] is working on a solution — Doomba. This blazingly fast …read more Continue reading Doomba: Purifying Your Floors With Fire→

2022 Cyberdeck Challenge: Cyberpack VR

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

A person sits on a couch in the background wearing a VR headset. A keyboard is on their lap and a backpack studded with antennas and cables sits in the foreground.

Feeling confined by the “traditional” cyberdeck form factor, [adam] decided to build something a little bigger with his Cyberpack VR. If you’ve ever dreamed of being a WiFi-equipped porcupine, then …read more Continue reading 2022 Cyberdeck Challenge: Cyberpack VR→

Coal to Nuclear Transition to Decarbonize the Grid

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

Overhead satellite view of a coal-fired power plant next to a heat map showing the suitability of terrain in the region for siting a nuclear power plant

We love big projects here at Hackaday, and one of the biggest underway is the decarbonization of the electric grid. The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently published a report …read more Continue reading Coal to Nuclear Transition to Decarbonize the Grid→

Load Cells to get the Right Pet the Right Food

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

An orange and white cat eats from a bowl with a hinged cover. The cat and the bowl are on top of an MDF platform.

If you have more than one pet, you may know how hard it is to tell how much each furry friend is eating. If you introduce prescription foods, then this …read more Continue reading Load Cells to get the Right Pet the Right Food→

Reimagined Ramen Comes in Edible Package

Posted on September 15, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

A hand holds a round disc of noodles wrapped in a translucent film with herb specs embedded in it.

Hackers and college students alike reach for ramen when they want to fuel up on a budget, but, if you’re concerned about packaging waste, the plastic film and foil packets …read more Continue reading Reimagined Ramen Comes in Edible Package→

The Calico Wearable Rides the Rails

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

An image of the track system of the Calico wearable on top of a garment. Different possible positions of the device (elbow, shoulder, etc) are shown by red dots overlayed on the top of the image.

If you’re feeling underwhelmed by yet another smartwatch announcement, then researchers at the University of Maryland may have just the wearable for you. Instead of just tracking your movement from …read more Continue reading The Calico Wearable Rides the Rails→