Collaborate Disseminate
Many of us will have sat and idly watched the flaps and other moving parts of an airliner wing as we travel, and it’s likely that most of you will …read more Continue reading Making an Aircraft Wing Work for an Audience
Such has been the success of the mobile phone that in many places they have removed the need for wired connections, for example where this is being written the old …read more Continue reading A Complete Exchange From Scratch For Your Rotary Dial Phones
For those of us off the Atlantic coast of Europe it’s a frigid winter as our isles are lashed by continuous storms. Summer seems a very long time ago, and …read more Continue reading POTS at a Hacker Camp
Since 1994, Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) has been on the short list of must-see hacker events in the United States. Held in New York every other year (global pandemics …read more Continue reading HOPE is On, Spread the Word
While out swimming in the ocean on vacation, a big wave caught [QuadWorker], pushed him head first into the sand, and left him paralyzed from the neck down. This talk …read more Continue reading 37C3: The Tech Behind Life as a Quadraplegic
The first clue was that a number of locomotives started malfunctioning with exactly 1,000,000 km on the odometer. And when the company with the contract for servicing them couldn’t figure …read more Continue reading Unbricking Trains, Uncovering Shady Behavior
We’re not sure what is more amazing here: the glow of the blinkenlights themselves, the tedium involved in creating it, or the fact that [makeTVee] soldered 280 microscopic WS2812 LEDs …read more Continue reading Add Some Blinkenlights to Your Supercon Badge
For those of you who’ve had the opportunity to join us in Pasadena for Supercon, you’ll know it’s a wild ride from start to finish. Singling out a single moment …read more Continue reading A Look at all the Badge Hacks of Supercon 2023
Last month, I had the pleasure witnessing a birth. No, not of a child. What I’m talking about is something far rarer, though arguably, just as loud and danger fraught …read more Continue reading JawnCon 0x0: A Strong Start with a Bright Future
The 2023 Hackaday Supercon is all done and dusted, and we’re still catching up on our sleep. I couldn’t ask everyone, but a great time was had by everyone I …read more Continue reading Supercon and Soylent Green