Collaborate Disseminate
Kids love their Power Wheels and other ride-on electric cars. Indeed, [Ashwin]’s son was digging his little ATV, but soon found that some care was needed on the pedal. It …read more Continue reading Modding a Toddler’s Ride-On For More Grunt
What if your old, neglected toys could come to life — with a bit of sass? That’s exactly what [Binh] achieved when he transformed his sister’s worn-out teddy bear into …read more Continue reading Turning GLaDOS into Ted: A Tale of a Talking Toy
Want to see some wildly skillful LEGO construction? Check out [Banana Gear Studios]’ omni-directional treadmill which showcases not only how such a thing works, but demonstrates some pretty impressive problem …read more Continue reading Gaze Upon This Omni-directional Treadmill’s Clever LEGO Construction
We always enjoy videos from the [Mathologer], but we especially liked the recent video on the Helicone, a toy with a surprising connection to mathematics. The toy is cool all …read more Continue reading The Helicone: Toy or Mathematical Oddity?
What do you get when you cross cardboard, deodorant rollers, and a love for retro gaming? A marvel of DIY engineering that brings the arcade classic Puzzle Bobble to life—once …read more Continue reading Crafting a Cardboard Tribute to Puzzle Bobble
Generally, the projects featured on Hackaday actually do something. We won’t go as far as to say they are practical creations, but they usually have some kind of function other than …read more Continue reading Light Brite Turned Sci-Fi Console on the Cheap
A lot of the projects we feature here on Hackaday engender the classic “build versus buy” argument. We’ve always been puzzled by that; if anyone can appreciate the sheer joy …read more Continue reading Ball Nut Modification Charts a Middle Course Between Building and Buying
LEGO bricks might look simplistic, but did you know there’s an actual science behind their sizes? Enter LDUs — LEGO Draw Units — the minuscule measurement standard that allows those …read more Continue reading LDU Decoded: The Untold Tale of LEGO Dimensions
Rope-climbing robots are the stuff of engineering dreams. As kids, didn’t we all clutter our family home with constructions of towers and strings – Meccano, or Lego – to have …read more Continue reading Crawler Challenge: Building Rope-Traversing Robots
Each Christmas, [Adam Anderson], [Daniel Quach], and [Johan Wheeler] (meanwhile going by ‘the Janky Jingle Crew’)—set themselves the challenge of outdoing their previous creations. Last year’s CH32 Fireplace brought an …read more Continue reading Rudolph’s Sleigh on a North Pole PCB