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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

Volumetric Display Takes a Straight Forward (and Backward) Approach

Posted on November 1, 2025 by Tyler August

There’s something delightfully sci-fi about any kind of volumetric display. Sure, you know it’s not really a hologram, and Princess Leia isn’t about to pop out and tell you you’re …read more Continue reading Volumetric Display Takes a Straight Forward (and Backward) Approach→

Posted in classic hacks, ESP32, POV display, volumetric display

There’s Nothing Boring About Web Search on Retro Amigas

Posted on October 31, 2025 by Tyler August
The most exciting search engine 68k can handle.

Do you have a classic Amiga computer? Do you want to search the web with iBrowse, but keep running into all that pesky modern HTML5 and HTTPS? In that case, …read more Continue reading There’s Nothing Boring About Web Search on Retro Amigas→

Posted in amiga, browser, retrocomputing, Search engine, software hacks

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