Collaborate Disseminate
3D Printing is great, but it is pretty much the worst way to make any given part– except that every other technique you could use to make that part is …read more Continue reading Pause Print, Add Hardware, and Enjoy Strength
The “Marauder’s Map” is a magical artifact from the Harry Potter franchise. That sort of magic isn’t real, but as Arthur C. Clarke famously pointed out, it doesn’t need to …read more Continue reading Hardware Store Marauder’s Map is Clarkian Magic
As the saying goes — when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. When life gives you a two-ton surplus industrial robot arm, if you’re [Brian Brocken], you apparently make …read more Continue reading Surplus Industrial Robot Becomes two-ton 3D Printer
Once upon a time, transmutation of the elements was a really big deal. Alchemists drove their patrons near to bankruptcy chasing the philosopher’s stone to no avail, but at least …read more Continue reading Neutrino Transmutation Observed For the First Time
The jet pack is one of those pre-war sci-fi dreams that the cold light of rational consideration reveals to be a terrible idea. Who wants to cook their legs with …read more Continue reading Underwater Jetpack is Almost Practical
Hanukkah is upon us, and if that’s your jam [Brian] has you covered with this stylish WiFi menorah. While we can’t say if it’ll stretch your last gigabyte of connectivity …read more Continue reading WiFi Menorah for Eight Nights of Bandwidth
This is one of those fun hacks that come about from finding a product and going “I wonder if I could…” — in this case, artist/YouTuber [Wesley Treat] found out …read more Continue reading Laser Cutter Plus CYMK Spraypaint Equals Full-Color Prints
It stands to reason that if you have access to an LLM’s training data, you can influence what’s coming out the other end of the inscrutable AI’s network. The obvious …read more Continue reading It Only Takes a Handful of Samples To Poison Any Size LLM, Anthropic Finds
Not a huge percentage of our readers probably get their heat from diesel fuel, but it’s not uncommon in remote areas where other fuels are hard to come-by. If you’re …read more Continue reading Condensing Diesel Heater Hack Is Dripping With Efficiency
A significant fraction of people can’t handle lactose, like [HGModernism]. Rather than accept a cruel, ice cream free existence, she decided to do something you really shouldn’t try: biohacking her …read more Continue reading Biohack Your Way To Lactose Tolerance (Through Suffering)