Collaborate Disseminate
There’s just something about miniature worlds — they’re just so relaxing to look at and ponder. Think you don’t have ample room for a model train layout at your place? …read more Continue reading Is This the World’s Smallest N-Scale Train Layout?
The second of three major solar eclipses in a mere six-year period swept across the United States last week. We managed to catch the first one back in 2017, and …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: October 22, 2023
When you think of driving up or down an embankment, do you ever wonder how much foam you’re currently driving on? Probably not, because it hardly seems like a suitable …read more Continue reading Bridging The Gap Between Dissimilar Road Types With Foam
We know that pretty much everybody in the Northern hemisphere has had a hellish summer, and there’s little room for sympathy when someone busts out with, “Oh yeah? You think …read more Continue reading Fixing a Hot Shop, With Science
Make enough attempts to cut foam using whatever you’ve got — utility knife, hacksaw, serrated plastic knife — and you’ll wish hard for something that cuts cleaner, faster, and better. …read more Continue reading Foam Cutter Moves Like a Hot Knife Through Butter
Competition sure brings out the brute in people, doesn’t it? So what do you do when you need a bunch of switches you can let people fist-pound or stomp on …read more Continue reading Surprisingly Stomp-able Soft Switches
Have you ever wanted to make your own surfboard, but felt held back by a lack of tools, materials, or the cost of it? Drawing almost entirely from what can …read more Continue reading Foam Surfboard From Scratch
If you only think of wheels as round, you’re limiting yourself from experiencing the true wider world of whacky designs. [wadevag] has been experimenting with some such concepts, and has …read more Continue reading Build an Amphibious Robot Using Pool Noodles for Wheels
With cheap RC hardware, powerful motors, and high-capacity battery packs, getting something to fly has never been easier. It also helps that, whether you’re into fixed-wing craft or multirotors, there’s …read more Continue reading Foam F-35 Learns to Hover
I definitely tend towards minimalism in my personal projects. That often translates into getting stuff done with the smallest number of parts, or the cheapest parts, or the lowest tech. Oddly enough that doesn’t extend to getting the project done in the minimum amount of time, which is a …read more