Collaborate Disseminate
If you get an inexpensive diode laser cutter, you might have been disappointed to find it won’t work well with transparent acrylic. The material just passes most of the light …read more Continue reading Laser Painting Explained
Remember that time a giant cylindrical aquarium in a Berlin hotel bar catastrophically failed and left thousands of fish homeless? We sure do, and further recall that at the time, …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: October 6, 2024
[Julius Curt] needed to mark acrylic panels with a bit more clarity than the usual way of rastering the surface, so they attempted to 3D print directly to an acrylic …read more Continue reading 3D Printing On Top Of Laser Cut Acrylic
We (well, some of us) are complete suckers for things that are both much smaller and much larger than life. And if that thing actually does what its supposed to? …read more Continue reading A Mini NUC Rack for Your Desktop
Displays are crucial to modern life; they are literally everywhere. But modern flat-panel LCDs and cheap 7-segment LED displays are, well, a bit boring. When we hackers want to display …read more Continue reading An Easy Transparent Edge Lit Display
[Kelton] from Build Some Stuff decided to create a clock that not only had kinetic elements, but a healthy dose of Rube Goldberg inspiration. The result is a work in …read more Continue reading Intentionally Overly-Complex Clock is Off to a Good Start
Compared to through-hole construction, inspecting SMD construction is a whole other game. Things you thought were small before are almost invisible now, and making sure solder got where it’s supposed …read more Continue reading Tiny Prisms Let You See What Lies Beneath a BGA Chip
We all have good intentions when starting a new project, but then again, we all know where those lead. Such is the case with [RealCorebb]’s BBAir project, a completely transparent …read more Continue reading A Fully-Transparent Air Bubble Display
In the United States in 1939, television sets still had a long way to go before they pretty much sold themselves. Efforts to do just that are what led to …read more Continue reading RCA’s Clear Plastic TV Wowed Crowds In 1939
[Yuichiro Morimoto] wanted to create a decorative lamp, one that wasn’t burdened with batteries or wires, but used just the ambient light in the room to create a directed glow …read more Continue reading Directing Ambient Light For Some Extra Glow