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What in the world could an accessory for an obsolete audio medium possibly have to do with keeping all your unruly bits and pieces in order? First of all, we’re …read more Continue reading Thrift Store CD Rack Turns Into Small Parts Storage Playground
Numbers stations are a weird phenomenon where odd voices read out long strings of numbers or random codewords to the confusion of the vast majority of the listening audience. If …read more Continue reading Creating a Numbers Station Of Your Very Own
For optical microscopes, light is everything. If you don’t have a good amount of light passing through or bouncing off your sample, you’ve got nothing for your eyeballs or a …read more Continue reading Cheap DIY Microscope Lamp Makes Tiny Macro Shots Look Great
The radio frequency world is full of mysteries, some of which seem to take a lifetime to master. And even then, it seems like there’s always something more to learn, …read more Continue reading The Perils of Return Path Gaps
Lawn tractors are a great way to mow a large yard or small paddock. They save you the effort of pushing a mower around and they’re fun to drive, to …read more Continue reading Building A Hydraulic Loader For A Lawn Tractor
While the “should have used a 555” meme is strong around these parts, we absolutely agree with [Kelvin Brammer]’s decision to make this 555-shaped plug-in replacement for the 555 timer …read more Continue reading A 555-Shaped Discrete Component 555
Solar power is already cheap and effective, and it’s taking on a larger role in supplying energy needs all over the world. The thing about humanity, though, is that we …read more Continue reading Stacking Solar Cells Is A Neat Trick To Maximise Efficiency
Developing for the Amiga used to involve reading dense programming manuals and trial and error. In contrast, developing these days can be as simple as barking orders at ChatGPT to …read more Continue reading Large Language Model Can Help You Develop For The Amiga
Electric guitar pickups rely on steel strings interfering with a magnetic field, the changes in which are picked up with coils of wire. That doesn’t work with nylon strings, because …read more Continue reading Optical Guitar Pickup Works With Nylon Strings
We see plenty of solar projects here on Hackaday, but they primarily consist of projects that use an off-the-shelf solar panel to power something else. We see very few projects …read more Continue reading Making a Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Is Almost DIY-able