While the average person would use a standard charger to top off their phone, [Tom Stanton] is no average man. Instead, he put mind to matter with an entire pendulum …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/08/pendulum-powered-battery/)

A New and Strangely Strong Kind of Plastic
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/09/a-new-and-strangely-strong-kind-of-plastic/

As anyone who extrudes plastic noodles knows, the glass transition temperature of a material is a bit misleading; polymers gradually transition between a glass and a liquid across a range …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/09/a-new-and-strangely-strong-kind-of-plastic/)

Lessons Learned After a Head-First Dive Into Hardware Manufacturing
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/09/lessons-learned-after-a-head-first-dive-into-hardware-manufacturing/

Sometimes you just know that you have the best ever idea for a hardware product, to the point that you’re willing to quit your job and make said product a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/09/lessons-learned-after-a-head-first-dive-into-hardware-manufacturing/)