White LED bulbs are commonplace in households by now, mostly due to their low power usage and high reliability. Crank up the light output enough and you do however get …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/30/white-led-turning-purple-analyzing-a-phosphor-failure/)

17 Year Old Hellboy II Prop Still Amazes
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/30/17-year-old-hellboy-ii-prop-still-amazes/

The AI effects we know these days were once preceded by CGI, and those were once preceded by true hand-built physical props. If that makes you think of Muppets, this …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/30/17-year-old-hellboy-ii-prop-still-amazes/)

Making a Treadmill Into a 3D Printer
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/making-a-treadmill-into-a-3d-printer/

A treadmill-style bed can be a great addition to a 3D printer. It allows prints to be shifted out of the build volume as printing continues, greatly increasing the size …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/making-a-treadmill-into-a-3d-printer/)

A CRT Display for Retro Weather Forecasting
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/a-crt-display-for-retro-weather-forecasting/

It would be hard to find any electronics still in production which use CRT displays, but for some inscrutable reason it’s easy to find cheap 4-inch CRTs on AliExpress. Not …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/a-crt-display-for-retro-weather-forecasting/)

Pulling Back the Veil, Practically
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/pulling-back-the-veil-practically/

In a marvelous college lecture in front of a class of engineering students, V. Hunter Adams professed his love for embedded engineering, but he might as well have been singing …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/pulling-back-the-veil-practically/)

Building a Wireless Motorized Fader For Lighting Control
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/building-a-wireless-motorized-fader-for-lighting-control/

Motorized faders are very cool, and you can find them in everything from expensive mixing desks to high-end video editing decks. If you want to build your own wireless motorized …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/building-a-wireless-motorized-fader-for-lighting-control/)

Hot Rod Backyard Bath on Steel Spring Legs
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/hot-rod-backyard-bath-on-steel-spring-legs/

In a fusion of scrapyard elegance and Aussie ingenuity, [Mark Makies] has given a piece of old steel a steamy second life with his ‘CastAway Tub’. Call it a bush …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/hot-rod-backyard-bath-on-steel-spring-legs/)