Collaborate Disseminate
The video (embedded below) by [TechAltar] is titled “1 Month without US tech giants“, but it could have been titled “1 Month with Open Source Tools” — because, as it …read more Continue reading Escaping US Tech Giants Leads European YouTuber to Open Source
There are (probably) less than two dozen fundemental constants that define the physics of our universe. Determining the value of them might seem like the sort of thing for large, …read more Continue reading Determine Fundamental Constants with LEDs and a Multimeter
Solder fumes are not nice on the lungs; nor are fumes from superglue, epoxy, or a whole mess of other things we often find ourselves using on the bench. Some …read more Continue reading This Extra-Large, Two-Stage Fume Extractor Really Sucks
There’s just some joy in an instant camera. They were never quality cameras, even in the glory days of Polaroid, but somehow the format has survived while the likes of …read more Continue reading Hack Aims for Polaroid, Hits Game Boy Camera Sweet Spot
Plywood is an interesting material: made up of many layers of thin wood plys, it can be built up into elegantly curved shapes. Do you need to limit it to …read more Continue reading LED Layer Makes Plywood Glow
Treat dispensers are old hat around here, but what if kitty doesn’t need the extra calories — and actually needs to drop some pounds? [MethodicalMaker] decided to link the treat …read more Continue reading 2025 Pet Hacks Contest: Automatic Treat Dispenser Makes Kitty Work For It
As the saying goes, modern problems require modern solutions. When the modern problem is that your smart light is being hijacked by the neighbors, [Wjen]’s modern solution is to reverse …read more Continue reading A Brain Transplant for a Philips Smart Lamp
It isn’t too often we post a hack that’s just a pure 3D print with no other components, but for this Giant Molecular Model kit by [3D Printy], we’ll make …read more Continue reading Print PLA in PLA with A Giant Molecular Model Kit
The RP2350 has a few advantages over its predecessor, one of which is the ability to load firmware remotely via UART, as [Thomas Pfilser] has documented on his blog and …read more Continue reading Exploring the RP2350’s UART-Bootloader
If you had asked us yesterday “How do you 3D Print a Photo”, we would have said “well, that’s easy, do a lithopane”– but artist, hacker and man with a …read more Continue reading Move over, Lithopane: 3D Printed 3D Photos with Gaussian Splats