Optimizing a QuickTake Image Decoder for the Apple II’s 6502 The idea of using the Apple II home computer for digital photography purposes may seem somewhat daft considering that this is not a purpose that they were ever designed for, …read more #hacking #projects image
Wearable Neon Necklaces Run On Battery Power We typically think of neon signs as big commercial advertisements, hanging inside windows and lofted on tall signposts outside highway-adjacent businesses. [James Akers] has gone the other route with a …read more #hacking #projects image
3D Printing A New Kind Of Skateboard That Is Ultimately Unsafe Skateboards were organically developed in the 1940s and 1950s; 30 years would then pass before the ollie was developed, unlocking new realms for skaters dedicated to the artform. The advent …read more #hacking #projects image
Simple Counter Mechanism in an Asthma Inhaler Recently [Anthony Francis-Jones] decided to take a closer look at the inhaler that his son got prescribed for some mild breathing issues, specifically to teardown the mechanical counter on it. …read more #hacking #projects image
2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Digital Logic With Analog Components [Tim] noticed recently that a large number of projects recreating discrete logic tend to do so with technology around 70 years old like resistor-transistor logic (RTL) or diode-transistor logic (DTL). …read more #hacking #projects image
How To Design Custom LCDs For Your Own Projects These days, you can buy full graphical LCD or OLED displays for just a few dollars. However, if you’re so inclined, you can actually get your own segmented LCDs made …read more #hacking #projects image
Open Source Controller for Old and Expensive Industrial Robots Industrial robots like robotic arms are basically everywhere, albeit usually out of the public’s eye in factories. This also means that they get replaced and scrapped all the time, making …read more #hacking #projects image
3D Printing A Cheap VR Headset The modern era of virtual reality really kicked off in earnest just over a decade ago, when the Oculus Rift promised 3D worlds beyond your wildest dreams. Since then, nobody’s …read more #hacking #projects image
Serial and UPDI Handled Together With One Convenient Circuit Sometimes it’s nice when you can do everything you need to do with just one single port. In this vein, [Nicola Strappazzon] whipped up a circuit to combine serial and …read more #hacking #projects image
How Do the Normal People Survive? It was one of those weeks last week at Hackaday’s home office. My mother-in-law handed me her favorite power bank and said “it’s not charging”. She had every expectation that …read more #hacking #projects image