Collaborate Disseminate
[Heath Paddock] wanted to confound his friends with a game that mimics an escape room in a box. About six months after starting, he had this glorious thing completed. It’s …read more Continue reading Don’t Panic: a Cooperative Bomb Defusing Game
Continuing the concept of saving planet Earth with gnarly, repeatable hacks, the fifth and final challenge of the 2022 Hackaday Prize is all about making the world better with smart …read more Continue reading 2022 Hackaday Prize: Save the World Wildcard Challenge Begins Now
Following along with the 2022 Hackaday Prize theme on building a better world by doing what we all do best – hacking together solutions – the fourth round of the …read more Continue reading 2022 Hackaday Prize: Make Your World More Disaster Resistant, More Engaged
One of the design requirements for the networks that evolved into the Internet was the ability to keep functioning, even if some nodes or links were disabled or destroyed in …read more Continue reading LoRa-Powered Birdhouses Enable Wireless Networking When The Internet’s Down
One engineer has built a new communications protocol that he says is resistant to disaster and central points of failure. Continue reading This Prepper Is Building a Post-Apocalyptic Internet
LoRa is great for sending short data packets over long ranges but is not normally suitable for voice communications. [Dan Fay] is looking to change this with QMesh, a synchronized, …read more Continue reading QMESH: LoRa Mesh Networked Voice Communications
Whether you own any Amazon surveillance devices or not, we know how much you value your privacy. So consider this your friendly reminder that Amazon Sidewalk is going live in …read more Continue reading PSA: Amazon Sidewalk Rolls Out June 8th
Join us on Wednesday, April 14 at noon Pacific for the Inside Smart Meters Hack Chat with [Hash]! That electrical meter on the side of your house might not look …read more Continue reading Inside Smart Meters Hack Chat
Wildly blinking LEDs may not be the ideal lighting for the average office environment, but they’ll surely spice up any party. And since a party without music is just a meeting, having both synced up is a great way to set the mood. Sure, you could simply roll out your …read more
Continue reading Get The Party Started With A Mesh WiFi Light Show
An ideal application for mesh networking is off-grid communication; when there’s no cellular reception and WiFi won’t reach, wide-area technologies like LoRa can be used to create ad hoc wireless networks. Whether you’re enjoying the outdoors with friends or conducting a rescue operation, a cheap and small gadget that will …read more
Continue reading LoRa Mesh Network with Off-the-Shelf Hardware