Adding Solar Power to an Electric Tractor
In my country, we have a saying: the sun is a deadly lazer. Well, it’s not so much a folk saying as a meme, and not so much in one …read more Continue reading Adding Solar Power to an Electric Tractor
Author Archives: Tyler August
Liquid CO2 For Grid Scale Energy Storage Isn’t Just Hot Air
There’s folk wisdom in just about every culture that teaches about renewable energy — things like “make hay while the sun shines”. But as an industrial culture, we want to …read more Continue reading Liquid CO2 For Grid Scale Energy Storage Isn’t Just Hot Air
Building a Steam Loco These Days is Nothing But Hacks
The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)’s T1 class is famous for many reasons: being enormous, being a duplex, possibly having beaten Mallard’s speed record while no one was looking… and being in …read more Continue reading Building a Steam Loco These Days is Nothing But Hacks
Our New Years Wish is to Hide in a Giant Pokéball
Between the news, the world situation, and the inevitable family stresses that come this time of year, well — one could be excused for feeling a certain amount of envy …read more Continue reading Our New Years Wish is to Hide in a Giant Pokéball
Bringing A Yagi Antenna to 915MHz LoRa
If you’re a regular reader of Hackaday, you may have noticed a certain fondness for Meshtastic devices, and the LoRa protocol more generally. LoRa is a great, low-power radio communications …read more Continue reading Bringing A Yagi Antenna to 915MHz LoRa
All Projections Suck, So Play Risk on a Globe Instead
The worst thing about the getting people together is when everyone starts fighting over their favourite map projection– maybe you like the Watterman Butterfly, but your cousin really digs Gall-Peters, …read more Continue reading All Projections Suck, So Play Risk on a Globe Instead
PC Watercooling Uses Everything But CNC Machining
Names and labels are difficult. Take this “3D Printed” water-cooling loop by [Visual Thinker] on YouTube. It undeniably uses 3D printing — but it also uses silicone casting and laser-cut …read more Continue reading PC Watercooling Uses Everything But CNC Machining
Twelve Days of Christmas as Performed By 1980s Speech Chip
In a curious historical twist, the “Twelve days of Christmas” are actually the days of revelry that followed the 25th. The preceding period, Advent, was traditionally a fast, not unlike …read more Continue reading Twelve Days of Christmas as Performed By 1980s Speech Chip
Nixie Tube Dashboard is Period-Appropriate Hack to Vintage Volvo
There’s no accounting for taste, but it’s hard to argue with The Autopian when they declare that this Nixie tube dash by [David Forbes] is “the coolest speedometer of all …read more Continue reading Nixie Tube Dashboard is Period-Appropriate Hack to Vintage Volvo
Breathe Easy While Printing With this VOC Calculator
We love 3D printing here, but we also love clean air, which produces a certain tension. There’s no way around the fact that printing produces various volatile organic compounds (VOCs), …read more Continue reading Breathe Easy While Printing With this VOC Calculator