Geared Cable Winder Keeps Vive Sync Cable Neatly Wound
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Geared Cable Winder Keeps Vive Sync Cable Neatly Wound
Long cables are only neat once – before they’re first unwrapped. Once that little cable tie is taken off, a cable is more likely to end up rats-nested than neatly coiled. Preventing tha…
Hackaday Podcast Ep004 – Taking The Blue Pill, Abusing Resistors, And Not Finding Drones
https://hackaday.com/2019/02/01/hackaday-podcast-ep004-taking-the-blue-pill-abusing-resistors-and-not-finding-drones/
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Hackaday Podcast Ep004 – Taking The Blue Pill, Abusing Resistors, And Not Finding Drones
Catch up on your Hackaday with this week’s podcast. Mike and Elliot riff on the Bluepill (ST32F103 boards), blackest of black paints, hand-crafted sorting machines, a 3D printer bed leveling …
Those Voices in Your Head Might be Lasers
https://hackaday.com/2019/02/01/those-voices-in-your-head-might-be-lasers/
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Those Voices in Your Head Might be Lasers
What if I told you that you can get rid of your headphones and still listen to music privately, just by shooting lasers at your ears? The trick here is something called the photoacoustic effect. Wh…
The Craziest Live Soldering Demo is the Cyborg Ring
https://hackaday.com/2019/02/01/the-craziest-live-soldering-demo-is-the-cyborg-ring/
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The Craziest Live Soldering Demo is the Cyborg Ring
You can define the word crazy in myriad ways. Some would say using SMD resistors and QFN microcontrollers as structural elements is crazy. Some would say hand soldering QFN is crazy, much less try…
A 3D Printed Robotic Chariot for Your Phone
https://hackaday.com/2019/02/01/a-3d-printed-robotic-chariot-for-your-phone/
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A 3D Printed Robotic Chariot for Your Phone
As we’ve said many times in the past, the wide availability of low-cost modular components has really lowered the barrier to entry for many complex projects which previously would have been n…
This Blinken Grid Is All Analog
https://hackaday.com/2019/02/01/this-blinken-grid-is-all-analog/
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This Blinken Grid Is All Analog
The personal computers of today are economical with their employ of the humble LED. A modern laptop might have a power LED, and a hard drive indicator if you’re lucky. It was the mainframes o…
Portable Ham Antenna Gets A Workout
https://hackaday.com/2019/02/01/portable-ham-antenna-gets-a-workout/
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Portable Ham Antenna Gets A Workout
Ham radio isn’t just one hobby. It is a bunch of hobbies ranging from chatting to building things, bouncing signals off the moon, and lots of things in between. Some of these specialties, suc…
This Creepy Skull Shows Time With Its Eyes
https://hackaday.com/2019/02/01/this-creepy-skull-shows-time-with-its-eyes/
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This Creepy Skull Shows Time With Its Eyes
Sometimes you have an idea, and despite it not being the “right” time of year you put a creepy skull whose eyes tell the time and whose jaw clacks on the hour into a nice wooden box for…
Custom Jig Makes Short Work of Product Testing
https://hackaday.com/2019/02/02/custom-jig-makes-short-work-of-product-testing/
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Custom Jig Makes Short Work of Product Testing
When you build one-off projects for yourself, if it doesn’t work right the first time, it’s a nuisance. You go back to the bench, rework it, and move on with life. The equation changes …
Create an Aurora Of Your Own
https://hackaday.com/2019/02/02/create-an-aurora-of-your-own/
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Create an Aurora Of Your Own
Throughout our day-to-day experiences, we come across or make use of many scientific principles which we might not be aware of, even if we immediately recognize them when they’re described. O…
Never Mind The Sheet Music, Here’s Spreadsheet Music
https://hackaday.com/2019/02/02/never-mind-the-sheet-music-heres-spreadsheet-music/
https://hackaday.com/2019/02/02/never-mind-the-sheet-music-heres-spreadsheet-music/
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Never Mind The Sheet Music, Here’s Spreadsheet Music
Nothing says Rockstar Musician Lifestyle like spreadsheet software. Okay, we might have mixed up the word order a bit in that sentence, but there’s always Python to add some truth to it. Afte…
Hack Your File Hierarchy with Johnny Decimal System (Dewey’s Older Brother)
https://hackaday.com/2019/02/02/hack-your-file-hierarchy-with-johnny-decimal-system-deweys-older-brother/
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Hack Your File Hierarchy with Johnny Decimal System (Dewey’s Older Brother)
Most of us have our fair share of digital debris. After all, with drives measured in one-million-million byte increments it’s tempting to never delete anything. The downside is you may never …
Simple Automata Extravaganza
https://hackaday.com/2019/02/02/simple-automata-extravaganza/
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Simple Automata Extravaganza
[Federico Tobon] from [Wolfcat Workshop] spent Makevember in 2017 building a series of fascinating automata using the most basic of craft supplies and simple tools in his workshop. Using a combinat…
Microwave Parts Become Quick and Nasty Jacob’s Ladder
https://hackaday.com/2019/02/02/microwave-parts-become-quick-and-nasty-jacobs-ladder/
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Microwave Parts Become Quick and Nasty Jacob’s Ladder
The Jacob’s Ladder is an electrical device named after a biblical “ladder to Heaven”, consisting of a pair of vertically oriented conductors that spread apart vertically. These co…
High-Style Ball Balancing Platform
https://hackaday.com/2019/02/02/high-style-ball-balancing-platform/
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High-Style Ball Balancing Platform
If IKEA made ball-balancing PID robots, they’d probably look like this one. This [Johan Link] build isn’t just about style. A look under the hood reveals not the standard, off-the-shelf…
Blacksmith Elevates the Craft with this Fabulous Strongbox
https://hackaday.com/2019/02/03/blacksmith-elevates-the-craft-with-this-fabulous-strongbox/
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Blacksmith Elevates the Craft with this Fabulous Strongbox
For most of human industrial history, the blacksmith was the indispensable artisan. He could fashion almost anything needed, from a simple hand tool to a mechanism as complex as a rifle. Starting w…
FarmBot Unveils New CNC Gardening Robot Models
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/01/farmbot-unveils-new-cnc-gardening-robot-models/
Across the Northern Hemisphere it is now summer and the growing season is in full swing. Vigorous plants that will soon bear tasty fruit are springing forth from the soil, but unfortunately so are a lush carpet of weeds that require the constant attention of the gardener. “If only …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/01/farmbot-unveils-new-cnc-gardening-robot-models/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/01/farmbot-unveils-new-cnc-gardening-robot-models/
Across the Northern Hemisphere it is now summer and the growing season is in full swing. Vigorous plants that will soon bear tasty fruit are springing forth from the soil, but unfortunately so are a lush carpet of weeds that require the constant attention of the gardener. “If only …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/01/farmbot-unveils-new-cnc-gardening-robot-models/)
Wire Bender Aims to Take Circuit Sculptures To The Next Level
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/01/wire-bender-aims-to-take-circuit-sculptures-to-the-next-level/
It doesn’t seem as though bending wire would be much of a chore, but when you’re making art from your circuits, it can be everything. Just the right angle in just the right place can make the difference between a circuit sculpture that draws gasps and one that’s only “Meh.” …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/01/wire-bender-aims-to-take-circuit-sculptures-to-the-next-level/)
https://hackaday.com/2019/07/01/wire-bender-aims-to-take-circuit-sculptures-to-the-next-level/
It doesn’t seem as though bending wire would be much of a chore, but when you’re making art from your circuits, it can be everything. Just the right angle in just the right place can make the difference between a circuit sculpture that draws gasps and one that’s only “Meh.” …read more (https://hackaday.com/2019/07/01/wire-bender-aims-to-take-circuit-sculptures-to-the-next-level/)