Collaborate Disseminate
Are you ready for a tale of poorly supported hardware, clueless contractors, and bad coding? Look no further than [Neighborino]’s excellent write-up where he details his pursuit of smart home …read more Continue reading Smart Home Hack Breaks Down Walls Figuratively And Literally
Raise you’re hand if you’ve ever soldered directly to a battery even though you know better. We’ve all been there. Sometimes we get away with it when we have a …read more Continue reading Gorgeous Battery Welder Hits The Spot
With modern voice assistants we can tell a computer to play our favorite music, check the weather, or turn on a light. Like many of us, [nerdaxic] gave in to …read more Continue reading GLaDOS Voice Assistant Passive-Aggressively Automates Home
Whether you’re making, repairing, or hacking something together, we all need fastners. Screws, nuts and bolts, and pop rivets are handy sometimes. Various resins and even hot glue are equally …read more Continue reading Old School Fastener Tutorial Is Riveting
Before the Wright Brothers powered their way across the sands of Kitty Hawk or Otto Lilienthal soared from the hills of Germany, enveloping hot air in a balloon was the …read more Continue reading Aerodynamic Buoyant Blimp Budges Into Low Cost Cargo Commerce
Is it an AM radio? Yes. It is a 555 LED flashing circuit? Yep. How about a hex counter with a 7 segment display? That too. Five different colored LED’s …read more Continue reading Retro Shield Replaces Springs With Jumpers, Includes Blinkenlights!
We’ve all experienced that magic moment when, after countless frustrating hours of experimentation and racking your brain, the object of our attention starts working. The 3D printer finally produces good …read more Continue reading Troubleshooting: A Method For Solving Problems The Right Way
Why did [Hale] end up hacking the BIOS on a 10 year old laptop left over from an Australian education program? When your BIOS starts telling you you’re not allowed …read more Continue reading School Surplus Laptop BIOS Hacked to Remove Hardware Restrictions
When [Tavis] and his father were inspired to lend their talents to building a robot sculpture, they split the duties. [Tavis]’ father built a robot head, and [Tavis] utilized designs …read more Continue reading Artful Nixie Bot Sculpture Sees, Thinks, and Talks
Thrift stores, antique shops, knick-knack stores- Whatever you might call them in your locale, they’re usually full of “another man’s treasure”. More often than not, we leave empty-handed, hoping another …read more Continue reading 80’s Omnibot Goes RC And Gets a Modern Refresh