Hackaday Prize 2022: This Interactive Air Quality Map Makes the Invisible Visible

An acrylic map of the state of Lagos. Each region is lit a different color by LEDs shining on the acrylic panels. The colors coorespond to the air quality index key which is lit in cooresponding colors to the value.

Air quality can have a big impact on your health, but it isn’t always something you can see. [Ahmed Oyenuga] wanted to make air quality something more tangible and developed …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: This Interactive Air Quality Map Makes the Invisible Visible

Hackaday Prize 2022: An Easy-To-Build Fermenter For Tempeh

Fermenter on the desk, with the front door opened and some tempeh disks visible inside of it

[Maud Bausier] and [Antoine Jaunard] believe we should all know about tempeh — a traditional Indonesian food made out of legumes fermented with fungi. To simplify the process a bit: …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: An Easy-To-Build Fermenter For Tempeh

Hackaday Prize 2022: An Old (and Distinguished) Camera Learns New Tricks

In the 1950s the major Hollywood studios needed impressive cinematic technologies for their epic movies, to both see off the threat from television, and to differentiate themselves from their competitors. …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: An Old (and Distinguished) Camera Learns New Tricks

2022 Hackaday Prize: Congratulations to the Winners of the Climate-Resilient Communities Challenge

Holy humanitarian hacking, Batman! We asked you to come up with your best climate-forward ideas, and you knocked it out of the ionosphere! Once again, the judges had a hard …read more Continue reading 2022 Hackaday Prize: Congratulations to the Winners of the Climate-Resilient Communities Challenge

Hackaday Prize 2022: Solar Powered LoRa Weather Station For The Masses

[Debasish Dutta] has designed a few weather stations in the past, and this, the fourth version of the system has had many of the feature requests from past users rolled in. The …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: Solar Powered LoRa Weather Station For The Masses

Hackaday Prize 2022: Otter Force One Protects Kelp Forests by Sucking up Sea Urchins

A device with pipes and pumps sitting next to a body of water

When thinking about forests being endangered by human activity, most people would immediately think of the rainforest. Below the ocean surface, there’s another type of forest is in danger: the …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: Otter Force One Protects Kelp Forests by Sucking up Sea Urchins

2022 Hackaday Prize: Save the World Wildcard Challenge Begins Now

Continuing the concept of saving planet Earth with gnarly, repeatable hacks, the fifth and final challenge of the 2022 Hackaday Prize is all about making the world better with smart …read more Continue reading 2022 Hackaday Prize: Save the World Wildcard Challenge Begins Now