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Screen-Accurate Lightsaber As a Practical Effect

Posted on November 8, 2025 by Tyler August

The lightsaber was one of the coolest and most iconic visual effects from the original Star Wars, and people have been trying to get that particular piece of movie magic …read more Continue reading Screen-Accurate Lightsaber As a Practical Effect→

Posted in appearing cane, classic hacks, lightsaber, magic cane, prop

Medium Format, 3 GigaPixel Camera Puts It All On the Line (Sensor)

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Tyler August

It’s a bit of a truism that bigger sensors lead to better pictures when it comes to photography. Of course everyone who isn’t a photographer knows that moar megapixles is …read more Continue reading Medium Format, 3 GigaPixel Camera Puts It All On the Line (Sensor)→

Posted in digital cameras hacks, Raspberry Pi 5, Raspberry pi camera, scanner camera

Pi-Powered Camera Turns Heads and Lenses In Equal Measure

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Tyler August

Have you ever seen photos of retro movie sets where the cameras seem to be bedazzled with lenses? Of course you can only film via one lens at a time, …read more Continue reading Pi-Powered Camera Turns Heads and Lenses In Equal Measure→

Posted in classic hacks, digital cameras hacks, M12 lens, Raspberry pi camera, Raspberry Pi Zero, turret camera

The Water-Cooled PS3 Sony Never Made

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Tyler August

The Playstation 3 had a dizzying number of variants from its first launch in 2006 to when they stopped selling the slim models over a decade later in 2017. Of …read more Continue reading The Water-Cooled PS3 Sony Never Made→

Posted in 3d print, 3D scan, playstation hacks, water cooling | Tagged PlayStation 3

ABCCAD is Voxels Meets Legos in AR

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Tyler August

We get it, CAD software can be daunting to learn. Somehow [Boaztheostrich] found it so daunting he procrastinated his way into a AR voxel-based CAD app he calls “ABCCAD”, written …read more Continue reading ABCCAD is Voxels Meets Legos in AR→

Posted in AR, CAD, godot, meta quest 3, Virtual Reality

DIY Powerwall Blows Clouds, Competition Out of the Water

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Tyler August

Economists have this idea that we live in an efficient market, but it’s hard to fathom that when disposable vapes are equipped with rechargeable lithium cells. Still, just as market …read more Continue reading DIY Powerwall Blows Clouds, Competition Out of the Water→

Posted in Battery Hacks, disposable vape, ewaste, green hacks, lithium battery, powerwall | Tagged Upcycling

Hacking Buttons Back Into the Car Stereo

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Tyler August

To our younger readers, a car without an all-touchscreen “infotainment” system may look clunky and dated, but really, you kids don’t know what they’re missing. Buttons, knobs, and switches all …read more Continue reading Hacking Buttons Back Into the Car Stereo→

Posted in car hacks, car stereo, head unit | Tagged Car Audio

SolidWorks Certification… With FreeCAD?

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Tyler August

There are various CAD challenges out there that come with bragging rights. Some, like the Certified Solid Works Professional Exam (CWSP) might actually look good on a resume. [Deltahedra] is …read more Continue reading SolidWorks Certification… With FreeCAD?→

Posted in 3d modeling, freecad, software hacks, Tutorial Video

MCE Blaster Translates TTL For Modern(ish) Monitors

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Tyler August

VGA isn’t much used anymore, but it’s not hard to get a hold of monitors with that input. How about the older standards like EGA, CGA, or MDA? Well, it’s …read more Continue reading MCE Blaster Translates TTL For Modern(ish) Monitors→

Posted in cga, ega, MDA, pi pico, retrocomputing, vga

Is This The Last PCB You’ll Ever Buy?

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Tyler August

Breadboards are great, but as the world moves more and more to having SMD as a standard, prototyping straight PCBs is becoming more common. If you’re mailing off to China …read more Continue reading Is This The Last PCB You’ll Ever Buy?→

Posted in DPSS laser, laser hacks, pcb, PCB Hacks, rapid prototyping

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