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In many ball sports like golf, football and tennis, controlling the ball’s spin is an important skill. Expert players can make golf balls curve around obstacles, launch footballs towards goal …read more Continue reading A Self-Spinning Tennis Ball to Surprise Your Opponent
With summer in full swing in the Northern Hemisphere, millions of people are out on vacation leaving millions of homes empty. Thanks to modern technology it’s easier than ever to …read more Continue reading The FishFeeder Keeps Your Fish Fed While You’re Away
The NES, Atari 2600, the Apple II, the Commodore 64 and the TurboGrafx-16 are just some of the many game consoles and home computers built around the 6502 CPU. And …read more Continue reading The GameTank is the Latest and Greatest 8-bit Game Console
Like artificial intelligence, speech synthesis was one of those applications that promised to revolutionize computing in the 1980s, only to fizzle out after people realized that a robotic voice reading …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: Modern Plug-in Gives TRS-80 its Voice Back
While most people may think that a keyboard is just a board with keys, those who read Hackaday will no doubt know that there’s an infinite variety of beautiful designs …read more Continue reading Smart Modular Keyboard Sports an E-ink Display and a Haptic Feedback Knob
Laptop computers may be ubiquitous today, but there was a time when they were the exclusive preserve of rich businesspeople. Back in the early ’90s, the significant added cost of …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: Repairing a Vintage Laptop With Modern Components
Digital displays are useful for quick and accurate readout, but lots of people prefer the physical motion of a needle moving along a dial. For instance, many smartwatch users choose …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: Arduino-Powered Weighing Scale Has a Real Analog Display
In a world where game consoles come with ever-higher resolutions and ever-faster frame rates, it’s refreshing to see someone going in the opposite direction: [Doug McInnes]’s latest project is a …read more Continue reading Hunt the Lunpus is an ATtiny-Based Minimalist Game Console
Roller coasters are not only great fun to ride, they’re also fascinating pieces of engineering. Building your own full-size coaster is sadly beyond most people’s means, so the average enthusiast …read more Continue reading How to Make a Model Roller Coaster Without Any Moving Parts
If you’ve got a smartwatch on your wrist, chances are you’ve also got a device nearby that links up with it. Most modern watches will happily sync with Android devices …read more Continue reading The Commodore 64 Smartwatch Can Now Sync With Your Commodore 64 Desktop