Backyard Rope Tow from Spare Parts
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/20/backyard-rope-tow-from-spare-parts/

A few years ago, [Jeremy Makes Things] built a rope tow in his back yard so his son could ski after school. Since the lifts at the local hill closed …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/20/backyard-rope-tow-from-spare-parts/)

Solar Power, Logically
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/20/solar-power-logically/

We’ve all seen the ads. Some offer “free” solar panels. Others promise nearly free energy if you just purchase a solar — well, solar system doesn’t sound right — maybe… …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/20/solar-power-logically/)

A Modern Take on the Etch A Sketch
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/20/a-modern-take-on-the-etch-a-sketch/

The Etch A Sketch is a classic children’s toy resembling a picture frame where artwork can be made by turning two knobs attached to a stylus inside the frame. The …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/20/a-modern-take-on-the-etch-a-sketch/)

Cheap Endoscopic Camera Helps Automate Pressure Advance Calibration
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/21/cheap-endoscopic-camera-helps-automate-pressure-advance-calibration/

The difference between 3D printing and good 3D printing comes down to attention to detail. There are so many settings and so many variables, each of which seems to impact …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/21/cheap-endoscopic-camera-helps-automate-pressure-advance-calibration/)

Aluminum Business Cards Make Viable PCB Stencils
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/21/aluminum-business-cards-make-viable-pcb-stencils/

[Mikey Sklar] had a problem—namely, running low on the brass material typically used for making PCB stencils. Thankfully, a replacement material was not hard to find. It turns out you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/21/aluminum-business-cards-make-viable-pcb-stencils/)

This Week in Security: The Github Supply Chain Attack, Ransomware Decryption, and Paragon
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/21/this-week-in-security-the-github-supply-chain-attack-ransomware-decryption-and-paragon/

Last Friday Github saw a supply chain attack hidden in a popular Github Action. To understand this, we have to quickly cover Continuous Integration (CI) and Github Actions. CI essentially …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/21/this-week-in-security-the-github-supply-chain-attack-ransomware-decryption-and-paragon/)

Benchtop Haber-Bosch Makes Ammonia at Home
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/21/benchtop-haber-bosch-makes-ammonia-at-home/

Humans weren’t the first organisms on this planet to figure out how to turn the abundance of nitrogen in the atmosphere into a chemically useful form; that honor goes to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/21/benchtop-haber-bosch-makes-ammonia-at-home/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 313: Capacitor Plague, Wireless Power, and Tiny Everything
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/21/hackaday-podcast-episode-313-capacitor-plague-wireless-power-and-tiny-everything/

We’re firmly in Europe this week on the Hackaday podcast, as Elliot Williams and Jenny List are freshly returned from Berlin and Hackaday Europe. A few days of mingling with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/21/hackaday-podcast-episode-313-capacitor-plague-wireless-power-and-tiny-everything/)