An HO Model Power Bogie For Not A Lot For people who build their own model trains there are a range of manufacturers from whom a power bogie containing the motor and drive can be sourced. But as [Le …read more #hacking #projects

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An HO Model Power Bogie For Not A Lot

For people who build their own model trains there are a range of manufacturers from whom a power bogie containing the motor and drive can be source...

High-Speed Pocket Hot Dog Cooker Few of us complain that hot dogs take too long to cook, because we buy them from a stand. Still, if you do have to make your own dog, it …read more #hacking #projects

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High-Speed Pocket Hot Dog Cooker

Few of us complain that hot dogs take too long to cook, because we buy them from a stand. Still, if you do have to make your own dog, it can be a f...

Christmas Ornament Has Hidden Compartment, Clever Design If you need something clever for a gift, consider this two-part 3D-printed Christmas ornament that has a small secret compartment. But there’s a catch: the print is a challenging one. …read more #hacking #projects

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Christmas Ornament Has Hidden Compartment, Clever Design

If you need something clever for a gift, consider this two-part 3D-printed Christmas ornament that has a small secret compartment. But there’...

Calibrating a Printer with Computer Vision and Precise Timing [Dennis] of [Made by Dennis] has been building a Voron 0 for fun and education, and since this apparently wasn’t enough of a challenge, decided to add a number of …read more #hacking #projects

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Calibrating A Printer With Computer Vision And Precise Timing

[Dennis] of [Made by Dennis] has been building a Voron 0 for fun and education, and since this apparently wasn’t enough of a challenge, decided t...

Ask Hackaday: What Goes Into A Legible Font, And Why Does It Matter? There’s an interesting cultural observation to be made as a writer based in Europe, that we like our sans-serif fonts, while our American friends seem to prefer a font with …read more #hacking #projects

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Ask Hackaday: What Goes Into A Legible Font, And Why Does It Matter?

There’s an interesting cultural observation to be made as a writer based in Europe, that we like our sans-serif fonts, while our American fri...

The Music of the Sea For how crucial whales have been for humanity, from their harvest for meat and oil to their future use of saving the world from a space probe, humans knew very …read more #hacking #projects

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The Music Of The Sea

For how crucial whales have been for humanity, from their harvest for meat and oil to their future use of saving the world from a space probe, huma...

Internet-Connected Consoles Are Retro Now, And That Means Problems A long time ago, there was a big difference between PC and console gaming. The former often came with headaches. You’d fight with drivers, struggle with crashes, and grow ever …read more #hacking #projects

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Internet-Connected Consoles Are Retro Now, And That Means Problems

A long time ago, there was a big difference between PC and console gaming. The former often came with headaches. You’d fight with drivers, st...

How To Build Good Contact Mics We’re most familiar with sound as vibrations that travel through the atmosphere around us. However, sound can also travel through objects, too! If you want to pick it up, you’d …read more #hacking #projects

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How To Build Good Contact Mics

We’re most familiar with sound as vibrations that travel through the atmosphere around us. However, sound can also travel through objects, to...

Lichtenberg Lightning in a Bottle, Thanks To The Magic of Particle Accelerators You’ve probably seen Lichtenberg figures before, those lightning-like traces left by high-voltage discharge. The safe way to create them is using an electron beam to embed charge inside an acrylic …read more #hacking #projects

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Lichtenberg Lightning In A Bottle, Thanks To The Magic Of Particle Accelerators

You’ve probably seen Lichtenberg figures before, those lightning-like traces left by high-voltage discharge. The safe way to create them is u...

Origami on another Level with 3D Printing Origami has become known as a miracle technique for designers. Elegant compliant mechanisms can leverage the material properties of a single geometry in ways that are sometimes stronger than those …read more #hacking #projects

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Origami On Another Level With 3D Printing

Origami has become known as a miracle technique for designers. Elegant compliant mechanisms can leverage the material properties of a single geomet...