Hackaday

26 July 2024 02:46

The cloud is supposed to make everything better. You can control things remotely, with the aid of a benevolent corporation and their totally friendly servers. However, you might not like those servers, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/25/cutting-an-iot-fan-free-of-the-cloud/)

Hackaday

26 July 2024 02:45

Drift cars are cool, but they’re also expensive. If you don’t have money for endless tires, fuel, and engine rebuilds, you might like to get involved at the RC scale …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/25/3d-printed-rc-drift-car-comes-with-smoke-effects/)

Hackaday

26 July 2024 02:44

Once upon a time, it was deemed mostly silly to try and schlep power from a computer’s ports. Then it was kind of amusing to do so with USB, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/25/usb-c-powered-hotplate-is-not-for-food/)

Hackaday

26 July 2024 02:43

Bash is great for automating little tasks, but sometimes a little script you think will take a minute to write turns into a half hour or more. This is the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/25/linux-fu-failing-pipelines/)

Hackaday

26 July 2024 02:42

Often, the only liquid level indicator you need is your eyes, such as when looking at your cold beverage on a summer’s day. Other times, though, it’s useful to have …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/25/a-simple-liquid-level-indicator-with-a-single-ic/)

Hackaday

25 July 2024 17:23

The 1990s saw a revolution occur, launched by the CD burner. As prices of writeable media and drives dropped, consumers rushed to duplicate games, create their own mix CDs, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/25/end-of-an-era-sony-cuts-production-of-writable-optical-media/)

Hackaday

25 July 2024 14:37

It’s difficult to nail down exactly what counts as a “real” cyberdeck in this brave new era of bespoke computing. But at the minimum, most in the community would agree …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/25/retro-inspired-cyberdeck-scrolls-around-cyberspace/)

Hackaday

25 July 2024 14:36

Shell scripting is one of those skills that are absolutely invaluable on especially UNIX and BSD-based systems like the BSDs, the two zillion Linux distributions as well as MacOS. Yet …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/25/pnut-a-self-compiling-c-transpiler-targeting-human-readable-posix-shell/)

Hackaday

25 July 2024 09:20

Hacking — at least the kind where you’re breaking into stuff — is very much a learn-by-doing skill. There’s simply no substitute for getting your hands dirty and just trying …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/24/hacking-an-iot-camera-reveals-hard-coded-root-password/)

Hackaday

25 July 2024 09:19

Logarithms are everywhere in mathematics and derived fields, but we rarely think about how trigonometric functions, exponentials, square roots and others are calculated after we punch the numbers into a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/24/manually-computing-logarithms-to-grok-calculators/)

Hackaday

25 July 2024 01:11

So many are the clock projects which cross the Hackaday threshold, that it’s very rare indeed to see something that hasn’t already been done. We think we’ve not seen a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/24/a-lenticular-clock-spells-out-the-hours/)

Hackaday

24 July 2024 22:18

There’s no reason why a visually impaired person can’t enjoy putting together a jigsaw puzzle. It just needs to look a little different. Or, in this case, feel different. 16-year-old …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/24/a-puzzle-for-the-visually-impaired-or-blindfolded/)

Hackaday

17 July 2024 20:05

Ordering a PCB? Two of them? Three? Five? For about eight years now, I’ve been regularly ordering large numbers of different PCBs, and, naturally, have developed a toolkit to make …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/17/hacker-tactic-single-pcb-panels/)

Hackaday

17 July 2024 20:04

When you think of art, you might think of portraiture, landscapes, or other kinds of paintings. But mathematics can feel artistic at times, too. We’ve all seen gorgeous Mandelbrot fractals, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/17/making-art-with-maxwells-equations/)

Hackaday

17 July 2024 20:03

Despite the reputation of polymers used with FDM 3D printing like nylon, ABS, and PLA as being generally indestructible, they do come with a whole range of moisture-related issues that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/17/fdm-filament-troubles-keeping-hygroscopic-materials-from-degrading/)

Hackaday

26 July 2024 02:46

Cutting An IoT Fan Free Of The Cloud
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/25/cutting-an-iot-fan-free-of-the-cloud/

Hackaday

26 July 2024 02:45

3D-Printed RC Drift Car Comes With Smoke Effects
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/25/3d-printed-rc-drift-car-comes-with-smoke-effects/

Hackaday

26 July 2024 02:44

USB-C Powered Hotplate Is Not For Food
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/25/usb-c-powered-hotplate-is-not-for-food/

Hackaday

26 July 2024 02:43

Linux Fu: Failing Pipelines
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/25/linux-fu-failing-pipelines/

Hackaday

26 July 2024 02:42

A Simple Liquid Level Indicator With a Single IC
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/25/a-simple-liquid-level-indicator-with-a-single-ic/

Hackaday

25 July 2024 17:23

End of an Era: Sony Cuts Production Of Writable Optical Media
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/25/end-of-an-era-sony-cuts-production-of-writable-optical-media/

Hackaday

25 July 2024 14:37

Retro Inspired Cyberdeck Scrolls Around Cyberspace
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/25/retro-inspired-cyberdeck-scrolls-around-cyberspace/

Hackaday

25 July 2024 14:36

Pnut: A Self-Compiling C Transpiler Targeting Human-Readable POSIX Shell
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/25/pnut-a-self-compiling-c-transpiler-targeting-human-readable-posix-shell/

Hackaday

25 July 2024 09:20

Hacking an IoT Camera Reveals Hard-Coded Root Password
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/24/hacking-an-iot-camera-reveals-hard-coded-root-password/

Hackaday

25 July 2024 09:19

Manually Computing Logarithms to Grok Calculators
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/24/manually-computing-logarithms-to-grok-calculators/

Hackaday

25 July 2024 01:11

A Lenticular Clock Spells Out The Hours
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/24/a-lenticular-clock-spells-out-the-hours/

Hackaday

24 July 2024 22:18

A Puzzle for the Visually Impaired, or Blindfolded
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/24/a-puzzle-for-the-visually-impaired-or-blindfolded/

Hackaday

17 July 2024 20:05

Hacker Tactic: Single-PCB Panels
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/17/hacker-tactic-single-pcb-panels/

Hackaday

17 July 2024 20:04

Making Art With Maxwell’s Equations
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/17/making-art-with-maxwells-equations/

Hackaday

17 July 2024 20:03

FDM Filament Troubles: Keeping Hygroscopic Materials From Degrading
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/17/fdm-filament-troubles-keeping-hygroscopic-materials-from-degrading/