hackaday.comadded August 2026
Hackadayby Aaron Beckendorf4 Sept 2026
If you want improve a model rocket’s performance, all the common options come with serious trade-offs: you could increase the motor’s size, which raises safety issues, or you could cut down on...
Hackadayby Maya Posch3 Sept 2026
After getting called out in the field to troubleshoot a large PV solar installation, [Derek] found himself suddenly in the midst of an arc flash, causing burns all over his face and arms.
Hackadayby Zoe Skyforest3 Sept 2026
Oftentimes, when we’re using a microcontroller, we’re whipping up some very specific code focused on executing a particular task.
Hackadayby Al Williams3 Sept 2026
I’m an experienced programmer, and I’ve worked in many different languages. Sometimes being a programmer is a two-edged sword.
Hackadayby Bryan Cockfield3 Sept 2026
Few pieces of vintage audio gear from the turn of the century (the previous one) inspire the kind of devotion that a Leslie speaker does.
Hackadayby Tom Nardi3 Sept 2026
While the Citroën logo they project onto the pavement looks great, [OrangeTungsten] wasn’t thrilled with how their door-mounted projectors actually functioned.
Hackadayby Jenny List3 Sept 2026
Over the time Hackaday has been in existence, the art of 3D printing has evolved from a relatively crude hit-and-miss affair to something approaching what we all imagined back then.
Hackadayby Maya Posch2 Sept 2026
As fun as mucking about with simulated environments in a laboratory is, at some point you have to do those field tests to demonstrate that your prototype actually works in the real world, under...
Hackadayby Al Williams2 Sept 2026
If you used a scientific calculator in the 1970s or 1980s, there was a fair chance that it worked differently from almost every calculator you see today.
Hackadayby Zoe Skyforest2 Sept 2026
Disk Defragmenter was a wonderful utility that Microsoft included with Windows back in the day. Back then, you’d use it to theoretically speed up disk access.
Hackadayby Donald Papp1 Sept 2026
Want to feel the heat of nearby fire, explosions, or radiation? Or even just the gentle warmth and breeze of a sunny day in the wasteland?
Hackadayby Zoe Skyforest1 Sept 2026
There are many ways to detect stress in an individual. You can use self-reporting checklists, you could try and measure various vital signs like respiratory rate and pulse and infer things, or you...
Hackadayby Maya Posch1 Sept 2026
A typical response to the previous article on why PLA filament is so darn brittle. This has led some people to not use PLA filament at all, while others promote using PLA only for prototyping and...
Hackadayby Zoe Skyforest1 Sept 2026
If you’ve heard the high-pitched whine or buzz from an electronic device when a current-carrying inductor is vibrating, you’ll know how unpleasant it can be.
Hackadayby Matt Varian1 Sept 2026
A few years ago Dyson released a desk lamp that could slide up and down, in and out, balancing itself at every position. [Steven Bennett] saw that lamp and wanted to make his own.
Hackadayby Bryan Cockfield1 Sept 2026
Modern heat pumps, of which air conditioners are a subset, seem like simple machines in theory. They just move heat from one place to another.
Hackadayby Maya Posch31 Aug 2026
Perhaps the most annoying kinds of faults are those that involve expensive equipment that just sit around in a cupboard, only for them to just stop working at all.
Hackadayby Zoe Skyforest31 Aug 2026
The average hot water is a relatively simple appliance to understand. It uses gas or electricity to dump energy into water in the form of heat, keeping it at a pleasant temperature for uses like...
Hackadayby Al Williams31 Aug 2026
If you tear into old TVs or recording equipment, you may see shields made from some exotic-looking metal.
Hackadayby Zoe Skyforest31 Aug 2026
If you’re intending to transmit on the VHF band, you’re probably going to reach for a handheld or some kind of rackmount rig in your ham shack.
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