Lego’s Technic line features all kinds of mechanical devices, from cogs to gears to chains and even pneumatic components. However, the vast majority of these components are made out of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/01/there-are-better-lego-compatible-universal-joints-out-there/)
A Crypto Miner Takes the Straight and Narrow
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/01/a-crypto-miner-takes-the-straight-and-narrow/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/01/a-crypto-miner-takes-the-straight-and-narrow/
As it stands, cryptocurrency largely seems to be a fad of the previous decade, at least as far as technology goes. During that time, many PC users couldn’t get reasonably …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/01/a-crypto-miner-takes-the-straight-and-narrow/)
Challenge: Square a Voltage
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/01/challenge-square-a-voltage/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/01/challenge-square-a-voltage/
Your design task, should you decide to accept it: given an input voltage, square it. Ok, that’s too hard since squaring 8 volts would give you 64 volts, so let’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/01/challenge-square-a-voltage/)
By now most floppy disks have been relegated to the dustbin of history, with a few exceptions for obscure industrial applications using legacy hardware and, of course, much of the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/01/whack-a-disk/)
Adding Automatic Emergency Braking To An RC Car
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/adding-automatic-emergency-braking-to-an-rc-car/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/adding-automatic-emergency-braking-to-an-rc-car/
Modern RC cars can be pretty darn fast. That’s fun and all, but it also makes it easy to crash them into things. This problem inspired [Narrow Studios] to whip …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/adding-automatic-emergency-braking-to-an-rc-car/)
Finally, An Extension To Copyright Law We Can Get Behind
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/finally-an-extension-to-copyright-law-we-can-get-behind/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/finally-an-extension-to-copyright-law-we-can-get-behind/
Normally when a government extends a piece of copyright law we expect it to be in the favour of commercial interests with deep pockets and little care for their consumers. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/finally-an-extension-to-copyright-law-we-can-get-behind/)
Why The Latest Linux Kernel Won’t Run On Your 486 And 586 Anymore
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/why-the-latest-linux-kernel-wont-run-on-your-486-and-586-anymore/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/why-the-latest-linux-kernel-wont-run-on-your-486-and-586-anymore/
Some time ago, Linus Torvalds made a throwaway comment that sent ripples through the Linux world. Was it perhaps time to abandon support for the now-ancient Intel 486? Developers had …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/why-the-latest-linux-kernel-wont-run-on-your-486-and-586-anymore/)
Making a Smarter Laptop Cooler
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/making-a-smarter-laptop-cooler/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/making-a-smarter-laptop-cooler/