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Laser Welding Helps YouTuber Get Ahead with Aluminum Sheet

Posted on March 27, 2026 by Tyler August

Laser Welding is apparently the new hotness, in part because these sci-fi rayguns masquerading as tools are really cool. They cut! They weld! They Julienne Fry! Well, maybe not that …read more Continue reading Laser Welding Helps YouTuber Get Ahead with Aluminum Sheet→

Posted in laser welding, papercraft, sheet metalwork | Tagged Art

Understand Your Printer Better With The Interactive Inkjet Simulator

Posted on March 27, 2026 by Tyler August
A screenshot of the inkjet simulator project

Love them or hate them, inkjets are still a very popular technology for putting text and images on paper, and with good reason. They work and are inexpensive, or would …read more Continue reading Understand Your Printer Better With The Interactive Inkjet Simulator→

Posted in fluid simulation, inkjet printer, simulation, software hacks, Tech Hacks

Electric Motorcycles Don’t Have To Be Security Nightmares, But This One Was

Posted on March 25, 2026 by Tyler August

Once upon a time, they told us we wouldn’t download a car, and they were wrong. Later, Zero Motorcycles stated in their FAQ that you cannot hack an electric motorcycle, …read more Continue reading Electric Motorcycles Don’t Have To Be Security Nightmares, But This One Was→

Posted in cyber security, electric motorcycle, Pentest, security hacks, transportation hacks

Direct Pressure Advance Measurement For Fast Calibration

Posted on March 24, 2026 by Tyler August
A hotend equipped with the bd_pressure sensor. The nozzle is facing upwards.

Some people love fiddling with their 3D printers, others love printing. Some fiddle so they can spend more time printing, which is probably where this latest project comes in: an …read more Continue reading Direct Pressure Advance Measurement For Fast Calibration→

Posted in 3D printer calibration tool, 3d Printer hacks, bed leveling, klipper, pressure advance

PicoZ80 is a Drop-in Replacement for Everyone’s Favorite Zilog CPU

Posted on March 23, 2026 by Tyler August

The Z80 has been gone a couple of years now, but it’s very much not forgotten. Still, the day when new-old-stock and salvaged DIP-40 packaged Z80s will be hard to …read more Continue reading PicoZ80 is a Drop-in Replacement for Everyone’s Favorite Zilog CPU→

Posted in retrocomputing, rp2350b, z80

Acoustic Drone Detection On the Cheap with ESP32

Posted on March 23, 2026 by Tyler August

We don’t usually speculate on the true identity of the hackers behind these projects, but when [TN666]’s accoustic drone-detector crossed our desk with the name “Batear”, we couldn’t help but …read more Continue reading Acoustic Drone Detection On the Cheap with ESP32→

Posted in Acoustic Sensing, drone defense, drone detector, drone hacks, ESP32-S3, Goertzel

IDing Counterfeit Drugs Might Be Easier Than You Think

Posted on March 22, 2026 by Tyler August
Figure 1 from the paper: the apparatus and a disintegration fingerprint.

Odds are, you’ve taken pills before; it’s a statistical certainty that some of you reading this took several this morning. Whenever you do, you’re at the mercy of the manufacturer: …read more Continue reading IDing Counterfeit Drugs Might Be Easier Than You Think→

Posted in Medical hacks, Pills, quality control | Tagged Medication

Arduino Code? On my 8051? It’s More Likely Than You Think

Posted on March 22, 2026 by Tyler August

The 8051 was an 8-bit Harvard-architecture microcontroller first put out by Intel in 1980.  They’ve since discontinued that line, but it lives on in the low-cost STC8 family of chips, …read more Continue reading Arduino Code? On my 8051? It’s More Likely Than You Think→

Posted in 8051, Arduino IDE, Microcontrollers, RISC-V, STC8

Resin Injection CRT Cataract Surgery On Macintosh Monitor

Posted on March 21, 2026 by Tyler August

Nothing lasts forever, but you’d think the leaded-glass face of a CRT would not be a place you’re likely to see Father Time causing failures. Alas, the particle accelerators we …read more Continue reading Resin Injection CRT Cataract Surgery On Macintosh Monitor→

Posted in cataract, crt, photopolymer resin, repair hacks, restoration, retrocomputing

A Candle-Powered Game Boy For Post-Apocalyptic Tetris

Posted on March 20, 2026 by Tyler August

We’re not exactly worried about Armageddon here at Hackaday, but should we end up facing the end of the world as we know it, having something to pass the time …read more Continue reading A Candle-Powered Game Boy For Post-Apocalyptic Tetris→

Posted in gameboy, peltier module, Tech Hacks, thermoelectric generator

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