Why Samsung Phones Are Failing Emergency Calls In Australia We’re taught how to call emergency numbers from a young age; whether it be 911 in the US, 999 in the UK, or 000 in Australia. The concept is simple—if …read more #hacking #projects image
Smart Bandage Leverages AI Model For Healing Purposes If you get a small cut, you might throw a plastic bandage on it to help it heal faster. However, there are fancier options on the horizon, like this advanced …read more #hacking #projects image
Charge NiMH Batteries with Style, Panache and an RP2040 The increasing dominance of lithium cells in the market place leave our trusty NiMH cells in a rough spot. Sure, you can still get a chargers for the AAs in …read more #hacking #projects image
Hacking a Pill Camera A gastroscopy is a procedure that, in simple terms, involves sticking a long, flexible tube down a patient’s throat to inspect the oesophagus and adjacent structures with a camera fitted …read more #hacking #projects image
Kubernetes Cluster Goes Mobile in Pet Carrier There’s been a bit of a virtualization revolution going on for the last decade or so, where tools like Docker and LXC have made it possible to quickly deploy server …read more #hacking #projects image
Humane Mousetrap Lets You Know It’s Caught Something “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door,” so goes the saying, but VHS beat Betamax and the world hasn’t been the same since. …read more #hacking #projects image
Casting Metal Tools With Kitchen Appliances Perhaps the biggest hurdle to starting a home blacksmithing operating is the forge. There’s really no way around having a forge; somehow the metal has to get hot enough to …read more #hacking #projects image
Cheap VHF Antenna? Can Do! The magnetic loop antenna is a familiar sight in radio amateur circles as a means to pack a high performance HF antenna into a small space. It takes the form …read more #hacking #projects image
Congratulations to the 2025 Component Abuse Challenge Winners For the Component Abuse Challenge, we asked you to do the wrong thing with electrical parts, but nonetheless come out with the right result. It’s probably the most Hackaday challenge …read more #hacking #projects image
A Quick Primer On TinkerCAD’s New Features TinkerCAD had its first release all the way back in 2011 and it has come a long way since then. The latest release has introduced a raft of new, interesting …read more #hacking #projects image