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A Tool-changing 3D Printer For the Masses

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Tyler August
A preproduction U1 sitting on a workbench

Modern multi-material printers certainly have their advantages, but all that purging has a way to add up to oodles of waste. Tool-changing printers offer a way to do multi-material prints …read more Continue reading A Tool-changing 3D Printer For the Masses→

Posted in 3d printer, 3d Printer hacks, snapmaker, toolchanger

Battery Repair By Reverse Engineering

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Tyler August

Ryobi is not exactly the Cadillac of cordless tools, but one still has certain expectations when buying a product. For most of us “don’t randomly stop working” is on the …read more Continue reading Battery Repair By Reverse Engineering→

Posted in Battery Hacks, battery pack teardown, Reverse-engineering, ryobi | Tagged Repair

There’s nothing Mini About this Mini Hasselblad-Style Camera’s Sensor

Posted on August 25, 2025 by Tyler August
The camera, lens off to show the 1" sensor.

When someone hacks together a digital camera with a Raspberry Pi, the limiting factor for serious photography is usually the sensor. No offense to the fine folks at the foundation, …read more Continue reading There’s nothing Mini About this Mini Hasselblad-Style Camera’s Sensor→

Posted in digital camera, digital cameras hacks, IMX283, Pi camera, Raspberry Pi 5

Now that Commodore is Back, Could Amiga Be Next?

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Tyler August

Now that Commodore has arisen from the depths of obscurity like Cthulhu awoken from R’lyeh, the question on every shoggoth’s squamose lips is this: “Will there be a new Commodore …read more Continue reading Now that Commodore is Back, Could Amiga Be Next?→

Posted in amiga, retro computer clone, retrocomputing

Replicating the World’s Oldest Stringed Instrument

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Tyler August

Posts on Hackaday sometimes trend a little bit retro, but rarely do we cover hacks that reach back into the Bronze Age. Still, when musician [Peter Pringle] put out a …read more Continue reading Replicating the World’s Oldest Stringed Instrument→

Posted in experimental archeology, lyre, musical hacks, musical instrument, recreation | Tagged Archeology

CAL 3D Printing Spins Resin Right Round, Baby

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Tyler August

Computed Axial Lithography (CAL) is a lighting-fast form of volumetric 3D printing that holds incredible promise for the future, and [The Action Lab] filmed it in action at a Berkeley …read more Continue reading CAL 3D Printing Spins Resin Right Round, Baby→

Posted in 3d Printer hacks, 3D resin printer, computed axial lithography, lithography, photopolymer resin, volumetric 3d printing

Carry your Grayscale Memories with this Tiny Gameboy Photo Frame

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Tyler August

While we cannot be certain this is the world’s smallest digital photo frame, [Raphaël Boichot]’s Pico Slide Show is probably in the running. Since the 0.85″ TFT display would be …read more Continue reading Carry your Grayscale Memories with this Tiny Gameboy Photo Frame→

Posted in digital picture frame, game boy camera, Nintendo Game Boy Hacks, rp2040

Reviving a Piece of Yesterday’s Tomorrow

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Tyler August
Front and back of the replacement OLED module by Sir68k

To anyone who remembers Y2K, Sony’s MiniDisc format will probably always feel futuristic. That goes double for Sony’s MZ-RH1, the last MiniDisk recorder ever released, back in 2006. It’s barely …read more Continue reading Reviving a Piece of Yesterday’s Tomorrow→

Posted in digital audio hacks, minidisc, oled display, repair hacks

Adjustable Allen Key After All These Years

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Tyler August

The Allen key turns 115 this year. It’s strange to believe that in all that time, no one has come up with an adjustable version, but apparently true. Luckily [Chronova …read more Continue reading Adjustable Allen Key After All These Years→

Posted in allen key, manual machining, tool hacks, toolmaking

2025 One Hertz Challenge: Timekeeping at One Becquerel

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Tyler August

The Becquerel (Bq) is an SI unit of radioactivity: one becquerel is equivalent to one radioactive decay per second. That absolutely does not make it equivalent to one hertz — …read more Continue reading 2025 One Hertz Challenge: Timekeeping at One Becquerel→

Posted in 2025 Hackaday One Hertz Challenge, americium-241, clock hacks, contests, gamma ray spectroscopy, scintillator, Vetinari clock

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