Cramming a Pi Zero into a Cheap Handheld Game
At this point, we’ve seen the Raspberry Pi jammed into what amounts to every retro game system, handheld or otherwise, that was ever released. While they’re always fun builds, invariably somebody will...
View ArticleDrink Lots Of Beer To Raise Your Monopole
When we published a piece about an ADS-B antenna using a Coke can as a groundplane, Hackaday reader [2ftg] got in contact with us about something with a bit more… stature. A monopole groundplane...
View ArticleStudents Hack an Unusual Violin
[Sean Riley] is a violinist who had a problem. He wanted to play one particular piece, but he couldn’t. It wasn’t that he lacked the skill — he a doctoral student at the University of Texas and has two...
View ArticleCounting is for Sheep: Use a Light to Fall Asleep
How do you get to sleep at night? For some of us, it can be the most difficult thing we do all day. Worrying about falling asleep and letting other intrusive thoughts in night after night only...
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Circuit Breaker Works in Slow Motion
We have done a teardown of a 100 amp breaker in the past but it is really interesting to see how they operate in slow motion. Warped Perception has taken a common 15 amp breaker and filmed the 2...
View ArticleRepairing A Sunburned Game Boy Screen
The original Game Boy is a classic. Sure, it had no backlight, but there is something special about playing on that classic green screen. Unfortunately, some of these older systems are suffering a...
View ArticleAmazing Mechanical Linkages and The Software to Design Them
Most of us are more bits-and-bytes than nuts-and-bolts, but we have the deepest appreciation for the combination of the two. So, apparently, does [rectorsquid]. Check out the design and flow of his...
View Article3D Print the Blasphemous Helicopter Part Known as a Jesus Nut
Today, when we say “Jesus nut”, we’re not referring to the people who spend their days proselytizing down at the mall. The term, likely spawned in the Vietnam war, refers to the main nut holding the...
View ArticleIoT Doorman: Eye-Controlled Door for a Girl with Cerebral Palsy
Kyleigh has an eye-controlled computer on her wheelchair but something as simple as her bedroom door was still beyond her reach… until now! [Bill Binko], recently filmed a demo of an automatic, IoT...
View ArticleMake Your Own Current Clamp Probe
If you want to measure AC or DC current with an oscilloscope, a current clamp is a great way to do it. The clamp surrounds the wire, so you don’t need to break the connection to take your measurements....
View ArticleA Talking Clock For The 21st Century
The Talking Clock service is disappearing, and it’s quite possible that few of you will be aware of its passing. One of the staples of twentieth-century technology, the Talking Clock service was the...
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Alexa Controls This Projector Thanks to ESP8266
[jfessard] doesn’t have extra-sensory perception, but does have an ESP8266. The little board seems to pop up in every hack these days. Inspired by not wanting to get up from the bean-bag chair or leave...
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3D Printed Battery Pack Keeps Old Drill Spinning
The greatest enemy of proprietary hardware and components is time. Eventually, that little adapter cable or oddball battery pack isn’t going to be available anymore, and you’re stuck with a device that...
View ArticleRepairs You Can Print: Take a deep breath thanks to a 3D printed fume extractor
If you are a maker, chances are that you will be exposed to unhealthy fumes at some point during your ventures. Whether they involve soldering, treating wood, laser cutting, or 3D printing, it is in...
View ArticleNew Part Day: I2C In, Charlieplexed LEDs Out
It seems that most of the electrical engineering covered on Hackaday concerns exactly one problem domain: how to blink a bunch of LEDs furiously. There are plenty of LED drivers out there, but one of...
View ArticleLooking Back at Microsoft Bob
Every industry has at least one. Automobiles had the Edsel. PC Hardware had the IBM PCJr and the Microchannel bus. In the software world, there’s Bob. If you don’t remember him, Bob was Microsoft’s...
View ArticleThe Engineering Case for Fusing Your LED Strips
Modern LED strips are magical things. The WS2812 has allowed the quick and easy creation of addressable RGB installations, revolutionizing the science of cool glowy things. However, this accessibility...
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Making the Case for Open Source Medical Devices
Engineering for medical, automotive, and aerospace is highly regulated. It’s not difficult to see why: lives are often at stake when devices in these fields fail. The cost of certifying and working...
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Repairs You Can Print: Broken Glue Gun Triggers Replacement
Picture this: you need to buy a simple tool like a glue gun. There’s usually not a whole lot going on in that particular piece of technology, so you base your decision on the power rating and whether...
View ArticleSmell That? It’s time.
Steampunk is beautiful. There is something about the exposed metal and primitive looking artifacts that visually appeal to the brain of a maker and engineer alike. Makers have been busy the last decade...
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