TinkerCAD had its first release all the way back in 2011 and it has come a long way since then. The latest release has introduced a raft of new, interesting …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/18/a-quick-primer-on-tinkercads-new-features/)

Congratulations to the 2025 Component Abuse Challenge Winners
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/18/congratulations-to-the-2025-component-abuse-challenge-winners/

For the Component Abuse Challenge, we asked you to do the wrong thing with electrical parts, but nonetheless come out with the right result. It’s probably the most Hackaday challenge …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/18/congratulations-to-the-2025-component-abuse-challenge-winners/)

Casting Metal Tools With Kitchen Appliances
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/18/casting-metal-tools-with-kitchen-appliances/

Perhaps the biggest hurdle to starting a home blacksmithing operating is the forge. There’s really no way around having a forge; somehow the metal has to get hot enough to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/18/casting-metal-tools-with-kitchen-appliances/)

Cheap VHF Antenna? Can Do!
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/18/a-vhf-antenna-for-not-a-lot-this-one-can/

The magnetic loop antenna is a familiar sight in radio amateur circles as a means to pack a high performance HF antenna into a small space. It takes the form …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/18/a-vhf-antenna-for-not-a-lot-this-one-can/)

Humane Mousetrap Lets You Know It’s Caught Something
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/18/humane-mousetrap-lets-you-know-its-caught-something/

“Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door,” so goes the saying, but VHS beat Betamax and the world hasn’t been the same since. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/18/humane-mousetrap-lets-you-know-its-caught-something/)

Kubernetes Cluster Goes Mobile in Pet Carrier
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/18/kubernetes-cluster-goes-mobile-in-pet-carrier/

There’s been a bit of a virtualization revolution going on for the last decade or so, where tools like Docker and LXC have made it possible to quickly deploy server …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/18/kubernetes-cluster-goes-mobile-in-pet-carrier/)