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Otamatone Hacked Into Different, Cooler Synth: Trautonium

Posted on April 11, 2026 by Tyler August
The omatraumatone. Or something. It's a synth.

Analog synths are fun because they combine music, which all humans seem hard-wired to enjoy in one form or another, and electronics, which… uh, this is Hackaday. If you don’t …read more Continue reading Otamatone Hacked Into Different, Cooler Synth: Trautonium→

Posted in analog synthesizer, musical hacks, Otamatone, trautonium

Variable-Pitch Propellers for More Efficient Quadcopter

Posted on April 8, 2026 by Tyler August

Quadcopters tend to have very poor efficency because of their high disk loading. High disk loading– that is, how much weight each square meter of area swept by the propellers …read more Continue reading Variable-Pitch Propellers for More Efficient Quadcopter→

Posted in drone hacks, quadcopter | Tagged Variable pitch

Bending Faux-Neon LEDs Make for Animations Glass Tubes Can’t Match

Posted on April 8, 2026 by Tyler August
an animated gif of the eye in motion.

Odds are, if you like neon lights, you’re not thrilled with the LED faux-“neon” strips that are supposed to replace them. They’ve got their advantages, but the light quality of …read more Continue reading Bending Faux-Neon LEDs Make for Animations Glass Tubes Can’t Match→

Posted in animatronic, faux-neon, led hacks, ws2182b | Tagged Art

Are We Surrendering Our Thinking To Machines?

Posted on April 8, 2026 by Tyler August

“Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” — so …read more Continue reading Are We Surrendering Our Thinking To Machines?→

Posted in ai, Artificial Intelligence, cognition, hallucination, LLM

TinyGo Boldly Goes Where No Go Ever Did Go Before

Posted on April 7, 2026 by Tyler August

When you’re programming microcontrollers, you’re likely to think in C if you’re old-school, Rust if you’re trendy, or Python if you want it done quick and have resources to spare. …read more Continue reading TinyGo Boldly Goes Where No Go Ever Did Go Before→

Posted in Go, Golang, Microcontrollers, tinygo

The Heat Island Effect is Warming Up the AI Data Center Controversy

Posted on April 7, 2026 by Tyler August

There’s been a lot of virtual ink spilled in environmental circles about the cooling water requirements of data centers, but less consideration of what happens with all the heat coming …read more Continue reading The Heat Island Effect is Warming Up the AI Data Center Controversy→

Posted in ai, Artificial Intelligence, data centers, heat island | Tagged Cooling

Flying Cell Towers for Lower-Latency

Posted on April 6, 2026 by Tyler August

When the inevitable Kessler Syndrome cascade sweeps Starlink and its competitors from Low Earth Orbit in what will doubtless be a spectacular meteor shower of debris, the people behind Sceye …read more Continue reading Flying Cell Towers for Lower-Latency→

Posted in 5G, Airship, blimp, dirigible, HAPS, internet hacks, Starlink

The Smallest Dialup ISP is a Raspberry Pi and a Prison Phone

Posted on April 5, 2026 by Tyler August

There were a plethora of tiny, local ISPs in the days of dial-up internet. Along with the big providers, many cities would have more than one. Some of those have …read more Continue reading The Smallest Dialup ISP is a Raspberry Pi and a Prison Phone→

Posted in dial up internet, isp, pots, Raspberry Pi, retrocomputing

Open Graphics Card Powers Cyberpunk “Laptop”

Posted on April 4, 2026 by Tyler August

For once, we can avoid debating in the comments what constitutes a “cyberdeck”, because [LCLDIY] does not refer to his cyberpunk masterpiece as such — he calls it a laptop. …read more Continue reading Open Graphics Card Powers Cyberpunk “Laptop”→

Posted in computer hacks, Cyberdecks, cyberpunk, electroluminescent display, gameboy | Tagged Graphics Card

Burning Wood to Brew Wood to Preserve Wood : Pine Tar

Posted on April 3, 2026 by Tyler August

Before there was pressure-treated wood, before modern paints, there was pine tar. Everything from tool handles to wagons to ships were made of wood preserved with pine tar, once upon …read more Continue reading Burning Wood to Brew Wood to Preserve Wood : Pine Tar→

Posted in charcoal, classic hacks, fire, green hacks, pine tar, retort, wood preservation, woodworking

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