Hackaday

20 Jul 2025 19:06

Long before electricity was a common household utility, humanity had been building machines to do many tasks that we’d now just strap a motor or set of batteries onto and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/20/8-bit-mechanical-computer-built-from-knex/)

Hackaday

20 Jul 2025 19:05

In the auto world, there are lots of overarching standards that all automakers comply with. There are also lots of proprietary technologies that each automaker creates and uses for its …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/20/engine-data-displayed-live-on-dash/)

Hackaday

20 Jul 2025 19:04

Here’s a fun project. Over on their YouTube page [Urban Circles] introduces Project Scribe. The idea behind this project is that you can print out little life “receipts”. Notes, jokes, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/20/project-scribe-receipts-for-life/)

Hackaday

20 Jul 2025 19:03

The human eye’s color perception is notoriously variable (see, for example, the famous dress), which makes it difficult to standardize colours. This is where spectrophotometers come in: they measure colours …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/a-spectrophotometer-jailbreak-to-resolve-colorful-disputes/)

Hackaday

20 Jul 2025 19:02

Here’s something fun from our hacker [Piers]: Software Defined ROMs. In this series of three videos, [Piers] runs us through what a software defined ROM is, how to make them, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/software-defined-retro-roms/)

Hackaday

20 Jul 2025 01:39

The Z80 might be decades obsolete and a few years out of production, but it’s absolutely a case of “gone but not forgotten” in the hacker world. Case in point …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/symbos-is-a-funhouse-mirror-look-at-a-future-that-never-was/)

Hackaday

20 Jul 2025 01:38

Everything fails eventually, but moving parts fail fastest of all– and optical drives seemingly more than others, at least in our experience. Even when they work, vintage drives often have …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/picogus-adds-cd-rom-emulation-to-isa-bus/)

Hackaday

19 Jul 2025 19:58

Have you ever seen a toy and said “That wants to be a deck”? [Attoparsec] did, when his eyes fell upon the Little Talking Scholar, a punch card driven toy …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/punch-card-controlled-cyberdeck-lives-in-80s-toy/)

Hackaday

19 Jul 2025 19:57

Even within a single type of FDM filament there is an overwhelming amount of choice. Take for example Elegoo’s PETG filament offerings, which include such varieties like ‘Pro’ and ‘Rapid’. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/elegoo-rapid-petg-vs-petg-pro-same-price-similar-specs-which-to-buy/)

Hackaday

19 Jul 2025 13:29

For as mysterious, fascinating, and beautiful as lightning is at a distance, it’s not exactly a peaceful phenomenon up close. Not many things are built to withstand millions of volts …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/neon-lamp-detects-lightning-strikes/)

Hackaday

19 Jul 2025 13:28

After getting a new car, [Solo Pilot] missed the automatic garage door opening and closing system their old car had. So they set about building their own, called GarageMinder. On …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/garageminder-automatic-garage-door/)

Hackaday

19 Jul 2025 09:43

The ZX Spectrum is perhaps most fondly remembered as a home computer and a games machine. [Tito] has grabbed the faithful black plastic box and turned it into a frequency …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/2025-one-hertz-challenge-zx-spectrum-is-now-a-z80-frequency-counter/)

Hackaday

19 Jul 2025 05:16

Film maker [David Greelish] wrote in to let us know about his recent documentary: Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa. The documentary covers the life of the Apple Lisa. It starts …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/before-macintosh-the-story-of-the-apple-lisa/)

Hackaday

19 Jul 2025 05:15

Today in the submersibles department our hacker [Rupin Chheda] wrote in to tell us about their submarine project. This sub is made from a few lengths of PVC piping of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/pvcsub-a-submarine-from-the-plumbing-aisle/)

Hackaday

18 Jul 2025 22:33

When asked ‘what makes you tick?’ the engineers at Vacheron Constantin sure know what to answer – and fast, too. Less than a year after last year’s horological kettlebell, the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/time-stars-and-tides-all-on-your-wrist/)

Hackaday

20 Jul 2025 19:06

8 Bit Mechanical Computer Built from Knex
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/20/8-bit-mechanical-computer-built-from-knex/

Hackaday

20 Jul 2025 19:05

Engine Data Displayed Live On Dash
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/20/engine-data-displayed-live-on-dash/

Hackaday

20 Jul 2025 19:04

Project Scribe: Receipts for Life
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/20/project-scribe-receipts-for-life/

Hackaday

20 Jul 2025 19:03

A Spectrophotometer Jailbreak to Resolve Colorful Disputes
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/a-spectrophotometer-jailbreak-to-resolve-colorful-disputes/

Hackaday

20 Jul 2025 19:02

Software Defined Retro ROMs
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/software-defined-retro-roms/

Hackaday

20 Jul 2025 01:39

SymbOS Is a Funhouse mirror look at a future that never was
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/symbos-is-a-funhouse-mirror-look-at-a-future-that-never-was/

Hackaday

20 Jul 2025 01:38

PicoGUS adds CD-ROM Emulation to ISA Bus
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/picogus-adds-cd-rom-emulation-to-isa-bus/

Hackaday

19 Jul 2025 19:58

Punch card controlled Cyberdeck Lives In 80s Toy
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/punch-card-controlled-cyberdeck-lives-in-80s-toy/

Hackaday

19 Jul 2025 19:57

Elegoo Rapid PETG vs PETG Pro: Same Price, Similar Specs, Which to Buy?
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/elegoo-rapid-petg-vs-petg-pro-same-price-similar-specs-which-to-buy/

Hackaday

19 Jul 2025 13:29

Neon Lamp Detects Lightning Strikes
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/neon-lamp-detects-lightning-strikes/

Hackaday

19 Jul 2025 13:28

GarageMinder: Automatic Garage Door
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/19/garageminder-automatic-garage-door/

Hackaday

19 Jul 2025 09:43

2025 One-Hertz Challenge: ZX Spectrum Is Now A Z80 Frequency Counter
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/2025-one-hertz-challenge-zx-spectrum-is-now-a-z80-frequency-counter/

Hackaday

19 Jul 2025 05:16

Before Macintosh: The Story of the Apple Lisa
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/before-macintosh-the-story-of-the-apple-lisa/

Hackaday

19 Jul 2025 05:15

PVCSub: A Submarine from the Plumbing Aisle
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/pvcsub-a-submarine-from-the-plumbing-aisle/

Hackaday

18 Jul 2025 22:33

Time, Stars, and Tides, All On Your Wrist
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/time-stars-and-tides-all-on-your-wrist/