Collaborate Disseminate
We’ve all been bitten before by USB cables which were flaky, built for only charging, or just plain broken. With the increased conductor count and complexity of USB Type C, …read more Continue reading USB-C Cable Tester is Compact and Affordable
Recently [mit41301] wondered about increasing the data capacity of QR codes, and was able to successfully triple the number of bits using color. He chose the new rectangular micro QR …read more Continue reading Color Can Triple QR Code Capacity
Today, acronyms such as PAL and initialisms such as NTSC are used as a lazy shorthand for 625 and 525-line video signals, but back in the days of analogue TV …read more Continue reading System Essentially Contradicting American Methods
For almost a year now, we’ve been following the progress [Walker] has been making with Ovrdrive — a completely open source USB flash drive that features the ability to destroy …read more Continue reading Updated OSHW Flash Drive Keeps Data Safe, Fingers Dry
The limited availability of texts transcribed to Braille and the required embossing equipment is a challenge world wide, but especially in poorer countries. To alleviate this problem, a team makers …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2023: Low Cost Braille Embosser From 3D Printer Parts
[Nick Poole] shared his circuitous journey into the obscure world of homemade vacuum tubes on the Supercon 2022 stage. It began innocently enough when he saw [Usagi Electric]’s single bit …read more Continue reading Supercon 2022: Nick Poole Makes a Jolly Wrencher Tube
[Arca] sets out to build himself a low-cost pen plotter that doesn’t require access to a 3D printer. The plotter uses a coreXY arrangement, powered by 28BYJ-48 stepper motors, which …read more Continue reading The $50 Pen Plotter
[Josh] over at mjbots just released a new version of the moteus controller board, dubbed the moteus-n1. One change is that the volume and footprint size has been reduced. Considering …read more Continue reading Meet the New Moteus BLDC Controller Board, the N1
There were some that doubted the day would ever come, but we’re happy to report that the ambitious self-destructing USB drive that security researcher [Walker] has been working on for …read more Continue reading Self-Destructing USB Drive Releases the Magic Smoke
We gotta love hacker Dads and Moms for being so awesome. Sooner or later, their kids get to play with some amazing toy that every other kid on the block …read more Continue reading Dad Builds Frickin’ Tank For His Son