It utilized to be a major rite of passage for a hardware hacker to obtain an oscilloscope. up until recently, new instruments were seldom in typical people’s budgets, so you most likely made finish with a utilized scope. Now, there are great deals of low-cost options, particularly if you include low-end PC scopes as well…
here [Matthew Br] describes the situation he’s in with the neighbors that share this wall of his apartment. When they listen to music they like it loud and so he gets to ‘enjoy’ the experience as well. but he can’t neglect it any longer, and has made a decision to use a sound volume detector…
Lathes can be big, powerful, harmful machines. but in some cases there’s a call for making very small parts out of soft materials, like plastic and wood. For jobs like this, you could use something like this 3D printed mini-lathe. The benefits of 3D printing a tool like this are plentiful. The design can be personalized and fine-tuned…
[Korben] is utilizing a photo frame as a Bluetooth speaker (translated). He hacked a Rock’R² for this project. It’s a gadget that has a vibrating aspect which can be utilized to make any type of hollow product into a speaker. Entertain yourself over the holidays by mastering the Apollo guidance computer simulator. It’s a JavaScript version of the…
From tea sets to CD box sets, you’ll see the work of the Phillips siblings mill on shelves all across the country. They make wooden boxes for just about any type of product imaginable. Interestingly, they do it the old-school way, with the entire factory powered by steam. The wood for the boxes comes from…
Let’s face it, times are hard, and winter is imminent in the northern hemisphere. No matter how much you have to your name, there’s nothing like a cup of hot tea or a warm meal on a cold day. So if you need a snow day activity, consider preparing for whatever may come to pass…
want some inspiration to launch your own handmade adventure? [Anne Hollowday] composed in to share a series of short films she’s been publishing called makers of Things. So far there are just four episodes but we hope she makes many more. above you can see the latest, entitled Woodworker. It’s a monologue-style interview with masters of their…
For a long time radial aircraft engines, with their unique cylinder housings set up in a circle, were a common sight on aircraft. As an experiment, [KendinYap], wished to see if he could combine 3 small DC motors into a usable RC aircraft motor, efficiently creating an electric radial engine. The assembly consists of three…
around this time around last year, Monoprice quietly revealed a small, $200 3D printer. At the time, a completely working printer at this cost point wasn’t unheard of. A good 3D printer at this cost point was. It turned out this printer was really fantastic and totally altered the value proposition of desktop 3D printers. In the…
[DaveDarko] has entered a distinct project into this years Hackaday prize a WiFi game young boy Cartridge. If you are active over at Hackaday.io I’m sure you’ll have run across Dave at some point or other, maybe we need to start charging him rent. The objective of this project is to create a WiFi enabled game…