Collaborate Disseminate
While they don’t give the physical thrill of a real one, model roller coasters are always fun to watch. However, they actually make a poor analog of a full-sized ride, …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Model Roller Coaster Accurately Simulates the Real Thing
Unless you stay up all night and have a dozen printers going, it’s probably way too late to make one of these beautiful prop weapons designed by [Andrew] of The …read more Continue reading DIY Wunderwaffe and Others Make Up This Open-Source Arsenal
The electric power grid, as it exists today, was designed about a century ago to accommodate large, dispersed power plants owned and controlled by the utilities themselves. At the time …read more Continue reading Emulating a Power Grid
If you want to see a glorious combination of model bananas in a treehouse mixed with a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor, you will appreciate [Studson]’s build video. Video also after …read more Continue reading A Model of Dry Humor
Sometimes the best way to figure out how something works is to make a model of it. 3D-modeling software makes it possible to do the job in silico, and sometimes …read more Continue reading 3D-Printed Scale Model of Perseverance Rover Seems as Complicated as the Real One
If you think you’re having a bad day at work, pity the poor sysadmin at Victoria University of Wellington in Australia, who accidentally nuked the desktops of pretty much everyone …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: March 21, 2021
The Stargate Universe franchise has spawned numerous movies, serials, books, comics and games since 1994, and has been a favorite among science fiction fans. Prop makers and hackers often try building their own Stargate replica – the Einstein–Rosen bridge portal …read more
Continue reading Amazing STARGᐰTE with DHD and Infinity Mirror Wormhole
Using circuit simulating software like SPICE can be a powerful tool for modeling the behavior of a circuit in the real world. On the other hand, it’s not always necessary to have all of the features of SPICE available all …read more
Continue reading Circuit Impedance Calculations Without Cumbersome Simulations
If engineering choices a hundred years ago had been only slightly different, we could have ended up in a world full of steam engines rather than internal combustion engines. For now, though, steam engines are limited to a few niche …read more
Join us on Wednesday, January 20th at noon Pacific for the Movie Magic Hack Chat with Alan McFarland!
If they were magically transported ahead in time, the moviegoers of the past would likely not know what to make of our …read more