Automotive headlights started out burning acetylene, before regular electric lightbulbs made them obsolete. In due time, halogen bulbs took over, before the industry began to explore even newer ...

Of all the plastics that surround us on the daily, the one we hear least about in the 3D printing world is probably polypropylene (PP). Given that this tough, slightly flexible thermoplastic has ...

An old friend of mine at my hackerspace introduced me to the concept of Prototype Zero: The Version that Even Your Own Sweet ...

Elliot and Dan got together this week for a review of the week’s hacking literature, and there was plenty to discuss. We ...

In his regular browsing on AliExpress, [Ben Jeffrey] came across something he didn’t understand—a $5 fiber optic to RF cable ...

We can’t throw stones. [Leaded Solder] picked up a SparcStation 1+ in 2018 and found it only produced illegal instruction ...

Many of us have boiled an egg at some point or another in our lives. The conventional technique is relatively straightforward ...

On an old fashioned bench a signal generator was once an indispensable instrument, but has now largely been supplanted by the ...

The wait is over — once this post hits the front page, ticket sales for the 2025 Hackaday Supercon will officially be live!

Ever since the invention of washing machines, the process of doing laundry has become rather straightforward. Simply toss the ...

Hearing voices’ doesn’t have to be worrisome, for instance when software-defined radio (SDR) happens to be your hobby. It can ...

Let’s say you want to build a Nixie clock. You could go out and find some tubes, source a good power supply design, start ...