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Have you ever used a Tick Stick?

Posted on March 1, 2026 by Tyler August

Picture this: you have an irregular opening you need to fabricate a piece to fill. Maybe it’s the stonework of a fireplace; maybe it’s the curved bulkhead of a ship. …read more Continue reading Have you ever used a Tick Stick?→

Posted in analog measurement, cheap tools, classic hacks, tool hacks, woodworking

The Only Snail You Want In Your Garden Is a Seed-Starting Hack

Posted on February 28, 2026 by Tyler August

As temperatures warm up in the Northern Hemisphere, one’s mind naturally turns to the outdoors and the garden — even if some of our gardens are still snow-covered. One secret …read more Continue reading The Only Snail You Want In Your Garden Is a Seed-Starting Hack→

Posted in gardening, green hacks, seed sowing

NaCl Casting Technique Really Earns Its Salt

Posted on February 28, 2026 by Tyler August

Sodium Chloride has a melting point of 801 C (1,474 F), putting it comfortably between commonly-cast materials like aluminum and bronze. Which led to [Robinson Foundry] asking the question: can …read more Continue reading NaCl Casting Technique Really Earns Its Salt→

Posted in diy casting, parts, salt, sand casting

Wind Power Is Taking Off In China– All The Way to 2000 m AGL

Posted on February 27, 2026 by Tyler August
The S2000 at a much lower altitude than 2000 m.

2000 m above ground level (AGL), winds are stronger and much, much more consistent than they are at surface. Even if the Earth were a perfect sphere, there’d be a …read more Continue reading Wind Power Is Taking Off In China– All The Way to 2000 m AGL→

Posted in aerostat, green hacks, News | Tagged Wind Power, Wind turbine

The MOST Effective Thermal Mass Works Like a Sunburn

Posted on February 26, 2026 by Tyler August
A rooftop array of solar thermal collectors

Way, way back in the days when men wore beards and wide-lapelled suits in exotic colors, only NASA had access to photovoltaics and ‘solar’ meant solar thermal. In those days …read more Continue reading The MOST Effective Thermal Mass Works Like a Sunburn→

Posted in molecular energy storage, solar hacks, thermal energy storage | Tagged Solar Thermal

Control Your Smart With Trek-Inspired Comm Badge

Posted on February 25, 2026 by Tyler August
The metal comm badge and M5stick on an LCARS mousepad

One thing some people hate about voice control is that you need to have a process always running, listening for the wake word. If your system isn’t totally locally-hosted, that …read more Continue reading Control Your Smart With Trek-Inspired Comm Badge→

Posted in ESP32, home automation, home hacks, M5stickC, Star Trek

What One-Winged Squids Can Teach The Airship Renaissance

Posted on February 25, 2026 by Tyler August

It’s a blustery January day outside Lakehurst, New Jersey. The East Coast of North America is experiencing its worst weather in decades, and all civilian aircraft have been grounded the …read more Continue reading What One-Winged Squids Can Teach The Airship Renaissance→

Posted in Airship, blimp, Featured, history, Interest, Original Art, transportation hacks | Tagged US Navy

QUOD is a Quake-Like in only 64kB

Posted on February 24, 2026 by Tyler August
A screenshot of the world's first 64kB boomer shooter

The demoscene is still alive and well, and the proof is in this truly awe-inspiring game demo by [daivuk] : a Quake-like “boomer shooter” squeezed into a Windows executable of …read more Continue reading QUOD is a Quake-Like in only 64kB→

Posted in 64kb, code optimization, computer hacks, demo, first person shooter, Quake

ATABoy is an Open Source USB Bridge For Old IDE Drives

Posted on February 23, 2026 by Tyler August

You can get an IDE to USB bridge from all the usual sources, but you may find those fail on the older drives in your collection– apparently they require drives …read more Continue reading ATABoy is an Open Source USB Bridge For Old IDE Drives→

Posted in pata ide, retrocomputing, rp2350, USB mass storage

What About the Droid Attack on the Repos?

Posted on February 22, 2026 by Tyler August
A grim reaper knocking on a door labelled "open source"

You might not have noticed, but we here at Hackaday are pretty big fans of Open Source — software, hardware, you name it. We’ve also spilled our fair share of …read more Continue reading What About the Droid Attack on the Repos?→

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, github, LLM, open-source

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