Magic Magikarp Makes Moves One of the most influential inventions of the 20th century was Big Mouth Billy Bass. A celebrity bigger than the biggest politicians or richest movie stars, there’s almost nothing that …read more #hacking #projects image
Garage Fridge Gets New DIY Controller [Rick] had a problem. His garage refrigerator was tasked with a critical duty—keeping refreshing beverages at low temperature. Unfortunately, it had failed—the condenser was forever running, or not running at …read more #hacking #projects image
Reason versus Sentimental Attachment for Old Projects We have probably all been there: digging through boxes full of old boards for projects and related parts. Often it’s not because we’re interested in the contents of said box, …read more #hacking #projects image
Hackaday Podcast Episode 348: 50 Grams of PLA Hold a Ton, Phreaknic Badge is Off The Shelf, and Hackers Need Repair Manuals Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi as they go over their picks for the best stories and hacks from the previous week. Things start off with a warning …read more #hacking #projects image
Mac System 7 On a G4? Why Not! Over the many years Apple Computer have been in operation, they have made a success of nearly-seamlessly transitioning multiple times between both operating systems and their underlying architecture. There have …read more #hacking #projects image
This Week in Security: React, JSON Formatting, and the Return of Shai Hulud After a week away recovering from too much turkey and sweet potato casserole, we’re back for more security news! And if you need something to shake you out of that …read more #hacking #projects image
Warnings About Retrobright Damaging Plastics After 10 Year Test Within the retro computing community there exists a lot of controversy about so-called ‘retrobrighting’, which involves methods that seeks to reverse the yellowing that many plastics suffer over time. While …read more #hacking #projects image
Off-Grid, Small-Scale Payment System An effective currency needs to be widely accepted, easy to use, and stable in value. By now most of us have recognized that cryptocurrencies fail at all three things, despite …read more #hacking #projects image
Biogas Production For Surprisingly Little Effort Probably most people know that when organic matter such as kitchen waste rots, it can produce flammable methane. As a source of free energy it’s attractive, but making a biogas …read more #hacking #projects image
Building a Microscope without Lenses It’s relatively easy to understand how optical microscopes work at low magnifications: one lens magnifies an image, the next magnifies the already-magnified image, and so on until it reaches the …read more #hacking #projects image