Collaborate Disseminate
Besides Pokémon, there might have been no greater media franchise for a child of the 90s than the Transformers, mysterious robots fighting an intergalactic war but which can inexplicably change …read more Continue reading Open-Source Robot Transforms
When the project description starts with the sentence “I use an RC remote and receiver, an esp32, high-current motor drivers, servos, an FPV camera, and a little propane”, you know …read more Continue reading Flaming Power Wheels Skeleton Wins Halloween
Let’s say you’ve got a fun little organization that does things together under a collective branding or banner. Maybe you want to celebrate that fact with some visually appealing signage? …read more Continue reading How Purdue Hackers Made a Big Sign That They’re Really Proud Of
A decade ago, [Jouke Waleson] bought a Dutch ‘model 1950’ PTT (The Dutch Postal Service) rotary-dial telephone of presumably 1950s vintage manufactured by a company called Standard Electric, and decided it …read more Continue reading Bakelite to the Future – A 1950s Bluetooth Headset
If you’re looking for a hackerspace while on your travels, there is more than one website which shows them on a map, and even tells you whether or not they …read more Continue reading An International Hackerspace Map
In the past, building construction methods generally didn’t worry much about air quality. There were enough gaps around windows, doors, siding, and flooring that a house could naturally “breathe” and …read more Continue reading Pac-Man Ghost Helps With Air Quality Sensing
As things get smaller, we can fit more processing power into devices like robots to allow them to do more things or interact with their environment in new ways. If …read more Continue reading The Design Process For A Tiny Robot Brain
One of the hacker toys to own over the last year has been the Flipper Zero, a universal wireless hacking tool which even caused a misplaced moral panic about car …read more Continue reading Forget Flipper, How About Capybara?
RC cars used to be pretty simple. They’d go forwards, backwards, and steer if you got a full-function toy. However, with modern technology, it’s pretty trivial to make them more …read more Continue reading Little RC Car Project Takes Inspiration From Mario Kart
Sometimes you need to create a satellite navigation tracking device that communicates via a low-power mesh network. [Powerfeatherdev] was in just that situation, and they whipped up a particularly compact …read more Continue reading Tiny LoRa GPS Node Relies on ESP32