Collaborate Disseminate
Blender is one of the poster children for Open Source Software– proof that something hacked together by enthusiasts could grow to rival the big boys in 3D modeling, animation and …read more Continue reading Blender 5.2: Coming Soon With Improved Simulations
The Bernoulli disk was a wild piece of 1980s hardware. Take a big floppy. Spin the platter at 1500 RPM just a micron or so from a read head. The …read more Continue reading Bernoulli Disk Goes “Wii!” When Plugged Into WiiU
The WEEDINATOR agricultural robot is one of the longer-running projects we’ve featured here on Hackaday. We first featured it way back in 2017 for that year’s Hackaday prize, and after a …read more Continue reading Come With Me if You Want to Weed: Autonomous Weedinator Robot back for 2026
Whatever happens with the new incarnation of the Commodore corporation, we’ll always remember the old one fondly. Well, we’ll remember certain of its products fondly, at any rate, if not …read more Continue reading Commodore Unveils Linux Powered Flip Phone
The word “restomod” is a bit nebulous, but it’s normally used in the automotive world to describe taking an old car and making it better-than-new with all the technological improvements …read more Continue reading Leaky Player Piano Gets MIDI Upgrade in YouTube Restomod
Audiophiles all know everything sounds better fed through vacuum tubes, but did you know visualizers look better with them, too? That’s what we’re forced to conclude looking at the Tachyscope …read more Continue reading 2026 Frikkin Lasers Contest: Steampunk, 360 O-Scope Does it with Tubes
The Carrington Event was the most intense geomagnetic storm ever recorded. In September 1859, auroras were visible as close to the equator as Columbia and some telegraph stations were severely …read more Continue reading An Orbital StormWall Could Mitigate The Next Carrington Event
Let’s stop for a moment and pause to consider the smart bulb. Imagine going back 20 years and telling yourself that people will be putting computers capable of acting as …read more Continue reading Smart Bulb WiFi Server Hosts “Banned” Literature
Slow-scan CRTs were never exactly common compared to their faster cousins, but given the popularity of Slow Scan TV (SSTV) amongst hams and NASA broadcasts, many of you are probably …read more Continue reading 2026 Frikkin Lasers Contest: Glow Engine is like an Open Air Slow Scan CRT
You have to be a pretty big aviation nerd to know about [Willard Ray Custer] and his channel wing concept, but if you are, you’ll be giddy to hear about …read more Continue reading Custer’s Revenge: eVTOL Drone Brings Back Channel Wings