Collaborate Disseminate
Have you heard the saying “the problem is the solution”? It seems to originate in the permaculture movement, but it can apply equally well to electronics. Take the problem [shiura] …read more Continue reading An RPN Calculator and a Bonus VFD Clock From Casio Revival
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Do you remember ReBoot? If you were into early CGI, the name probably rings a bell, since when it premiered in 1994 it was the first fully computer-animated show on …read more Continue reading Reviving ReBoot With a Tape Deck Repair
Out of all 49 beautiful US states (plus New Jersey), the one you’d probably least want to camp outside in during the winter is arguably Alaska. If you were to …read more Continue reading Sleeping Rough in Alaska with a USPS Cargo Bike
While we’re 100 years past Edison’s fear, uncertainty, and doubt campaign, the fact of the matter is that DC is a bit easier to wrap one’s head around. It’s just …read more Continue reading Pickle Diodes, Asymmetric Jacobs Ladders, and Other AC Surprises
In my country, we have a saying: the sun is a deadly lazer. Well, it’s not so much a folk saying as a meme, and not so much in one …read more Continue reading Adding Solar Power to an Electric Tractor
There’s folk wisdom in just about every culture that teaches about renewable energy — things like “make hay while the sun shines”. But as an industrial culture, we want to …read more Continue reading Liquid CO2 For Grid Scale Energy Storage Isn’t Just Hot Air
The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)’s T1 class is famous for many reasons: being enormous, being a duplex, possibly having beaten Mallard’s speed record while no one was looking… and being in …read more Continue reading Building a Steam Loco These Days is Nothing But Hacks
Between the news, the world situation, and the inevitable family stresses that come this time of year, well — one could be excused for feeling a certain amount of envy …read more Continue reading Our New Years Wish is to Hide in a Giant Pokéball
If you’re a regular reader of Hackaday, you may have noticed a certain fondness for Meshtastic devices, and the LoRa protocol more generally. LoRa is a great, low-power radio communications …read more Continue reading Bringing A Yagi Antenna to 915MHz LoRa
The worst thing about the getting people together is when everyone starts fighting over their favourite map projection– maybe you like the Watterman Butterfly, but your cousin really digs Gall-Peters, …read more Continue reading All Projections Suck, So Play Risk on a Globe Instead