The Badge Hacks of Supercon
We just got home from Supercon and well, it was super. It was great to see everyone, and meet a whole bunch of new folks to boot! The talks were …read more Continue reading The Badge Hacks of Supercon
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2023 Hackaday Supercon: One Year of Progress for Project Boondock Echo
Do you remember the fourth-place winner in the 2022 Hackaday Prize? If it’s slipped your mind, that’s okay—it was Boondock Echo. It was a radio project that aimed to make …read more Continue reading 2023 Hackaday Supercon: One Year of Progress for Project Boondock Echo
Supercon 2023: Restoring the Apollo Guidance Computer
Humans first visited the Moon in 1969. The last time we went was 1972, over 50 years ago. Back then, astronauts in the Apollo program made their journeys in spacecraft …read more Continue reading Supercon 2023: Restoring the Apollo Guidance Computer
A CO2 Traffic Light On An SAO
[David Bryant] clearly has an awareness of the impact of an excess concentration of CO2 in the local environment and has designed an SAO board to add a CO2 traffic …read more Continue reading A CO2 Traffic Light On An SAO
Supercon 2024: Badge Add-On Winners
This year we challenged the Hackaday community to develop Shitty Simple Supercon Add-Ons (SAO) that did more than just blink a few LEDs. The SAO standard includes I2C data and …read more Continue reading Supercon 2024: Badge Add-On Winners
Supercon 2024: Streaming Live
The 2024 Hackaday Supercon is on in Pasadena, but if you couldn’t make it to sunny California this year, don’t worry. We’ve got a live stream of the main stage …read more Continue reading Supercon 2024: Streaming Live
Supercon 2023: Cuddly Companion Bots
Even in the advanced world of 2024, robots are still better in science fiction than in reality. Star Trek gave us the erudite and refined Data, Rogue One gave us the fierce yet funny …read more Continue reading Supercon 2023: Cuddly Companion Bots
2024 Supercon: Last Minute Announcements
If you’re hear a rushing noise, don’t be alarmed — that’s just the rapidly approaching 2024 Hackaday Supercon. As hard as it is to believe, a whole year has gone …read more Continue reading 2024 Supercon: Last Minute Announcements
Supercon 2023: Building a Portable Vectrex, The Right Way
The Vectrex was a unique console from the early 1980s. Developed by a company you’ve probably never heard of—Smith Engineering—it was put into production by General Consumer Electronics, and later …read more Continue reading Supercon 2023: Building a Portable Vectrex, The Right Way
The 2024 Hackaday Supercon SAO Badge Reveal
We’ve been hinting at it for a few months now, running a series of articles on SAOs, then a Supercon Add-On Challenge. We even let on that the badge would …read more Continue reading The 2024 Hackaday Supercon SAO Badge Reveal