Collaborate Disseminate
While electricity generation has been the star of the energy transition show, about half of the world’s energy consumption is to make heat. Many industrial processes rely on fossil fuels …read more Continue reading Industrial Solar Heat Hits 1000˚C
What’s the first thing you want after installing solar? All the sunshine you can get, of course. Especially if you did it in the wintertime. And what would be more …read more Continue reading Cute Solar Power Gauge Brightens the Day
There’s no doubt that cheap digital calipers are useful, especially when designing 3D-printed parts. Unfortunately, cheap digital calipers are also cheap, and tend to burn through batteries quickly. Sure, you …read more Continue reading Solar Panel Keeps Cheap Digital Calipers Powered Up
The Great American Eclipse v2.0 has come and gone, sadly without our traveling to the path of totality as planned; family stuff. We did get a report from friends in …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: April 14, 2024
Two things we love are economical solutions to problems, and clever ways to use things for other than their intended purpose. [CelGenStudios] hits both bases with a simple illuminated and …read more Continue reading Lamp Becomes Rotating, Illuminated Sign for Festival Table
A Pi Zero doesn’t need much to sustain itself, and it’s projects like the PhotonPower Zero that remind us of it its low appetite when we need this reminder most. …read more Continue reading PhotonPower Zero For Effortless Solar Pi Zero Projects
Battlelines are being drawn in Canada over the lowly Flipper Zero, a device seen by some as an existential threat to motor vehicle owners across the Great White North. The …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: March 31, 2024
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
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
Installing solar power at a home is a great way to reduce electricity bills, especially as the cost of solar panels and their associated electronics continue to plummet. Not every …read more Continue reading A Smarter Solar Water Heater