After the Prize: What’s Next for the Light Electric Utility Vehicle
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/13/after-the-prize-whats-next-for-the-light-electric-utility-vehicle/
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After The Prize: What’s Next For The Light Electric Utility Vehicle
Winner of the third place in last year’s Hackaday Prize was [Chris Low]’s Light Electric Utility Vehicle. In case you think that once a Hackaday Prize is in the bag then that’s it…
Powering A Lot Of Nixie Tubes
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/13/powering-a-lot-of-nixie-tubes/
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Powering A Lot Of Nixie Tubes
[Limpkin] has an idea for a project that uses a lot of IN-9 Nixie tubes. Where a Nixie tube clock would only use four or six tubes, [Limpkin] is looking at fifty IN-9 bar graph Nixie tubes. These tub...
A Partwork As A Hackspace Course
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/13/a-partwork-as-a-hackspace-course/
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A Partwork As A Hackspace Course
If you watch a lot of TV just after Christmas, you will be familiar with partworks. Or at least, you will if you live in the part of the world this is being written from, and if you aren't you should ...
CarontePass: Open Access Control For Your Hackerspace
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/13/carontepass-open-access-control-for-your-hackerspace/
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CarontePass: Open Access Control For Your Hackerspace
A problem faced by all collaborative working spaces as they grow is that of access control. How can you give your membership secure access to the space without the cost and inconvenience of having …
3D Printed Microscope Chamber Saves Big Bucks
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/14/3d-printed-microscope-chamber-saves-big-bucks/
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3D Printed Microscope Chamber Saves Big Bucks
Optical microscopy is over 400 years old, and in that time, it has come a long way. There are many variations of microscopes both in the selection of lenses, lighting, and other tricks to allow an …
Hoverboards are here – If You’re Crazy Enough to Try
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/14/hoverboards-are-here-if-youre-crazy-enough-to-try/
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Hoverboards are here – If You’re Crazy Enough to Try
A new video has been stirring questions on the internet this week. It shows a test of the Flyboard Air, a device that is somewhere between a Back to the Future Hoverboard and Green Goblin’s g…
Most Of What You Wish You Knew About Coils Of Wire But Were Afraid To Ask
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/14/most-of-what-you-wish-you-knew-about-coils-of-wire-but-were-afraid-to-ask/
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Most Of What You Wish You Knew About Coils Of Wire But Were Afraid To Ask
If you are a novice electronic constructor, you will become familiar with common electronic components. Resistors, capacitors, transistors, diodes, LEDs, integrated circuits. These are the fodder f…
Minions Turn Your Keyboard into a Bluetooth Keyboard
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/14/minions-turn-your-keyboard-into-a-bluetooth-keyboard/
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Minions Turn Your Keyboard Into A Bluetooth Keyboard
Evil geniuses usually have the help of some anonymous henchmen or other accomplices, but for the rest of us these resources are usually out of reach. [Evan], on the other hand, is on his way to a h…
Hackaday Invades Toronto
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/14/hackaday-invades-toronto/
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Hackaday Invades Toronto
Next Wednesday, April 20th, Hackaday will invade Toronto.
[Sophi Kravitz] and [Michael Guilfoil] are heading north of the border to meet up with our friends at HacklabTO. They'll be hosting a Bring...
[Sophi Kravitz] and [Michael Guilfoil] are heading north of the border to meet up with our friends at HacklabTO. They'll be hosting a Bring...
Materials to Know: Medium Density Fiberboard
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/14/materials-to-know-medium-density-fiberboard/
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Materials To Know: Medium Density Fiberboard
MDF is the cheapest and flattest wood you can buy at local hardware stores. It’s uniform in thickness, and easy to work with. It’s no wonder that it shows up in a lot of projects. MDF stands for Me…
3D Cocooner (3D Lattice Printer)
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/14/3d-cocooner-3d-lattice-printer/
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3D Cocooner (3D Lattice Printer)
Sometimes it feels like we haven’t yet tapped into all the possibilities of additive manufacturing. Festo, a company that loves to try innovative things (and not always bring them to market),…
Quieting a Cheap LCD Projector
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/14/quieting-a-cheap-lcd-projector/
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Quieting a Cheap LCD Projector
There’s an old saying along the lines of “You pay peanuts, you get monkeys”. That’s true of technology, too, but a good hacker can sometimes teach an old monkey new tricks. …
What’s a Piezo Optomechanical Circuit?
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/14/whats-a-piezo-optomechanical-circuit/
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What’s A Piezo Optomechanical Circuit?
Ever hear of a piezo-optomechanical circuit? We hadn’t either. Let’s break it down. Piezo implies some transducer that converts motion to and from energy. Opto implies light. Mechanical…
A Star Tracking Telescope Mount
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/14/a-star-tracking-telescope-mount/
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A Star Tracking Telescope Mount
[Chris] recently got his hands on an old telescope. While this small refractor with an altitude-azimuth mount is sufficient for taking a gander at big objects in our solar system, high-end telescop…
Weight Tracking, Wise Cracking IoT Bathroom Scale
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/15/weight-tracking-wise-cracking-iot-bathroom-scale/
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Weight Tracking, Wise Cracking IoT Bathroom Scale
For those fighting the battle of the bulge, the forced discipline of fitness bands and activity tracking software might not be enough motivation. Some who are slimming down need a little gentle encour...
Poor Man’s Time Domain Reflectometer
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/15/poor-mans-time-domain-reflectometer/
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/15/poor-mans-time-domain-reflectometer/
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Poor Man’s Time Domain Reflectometer
A time domain reflectometer, or TDR, is an essential piece of test gear when working on long cables. The idea is simple: send a pulse down the cable and listen for the reflection from the far end. …
Measuring Parts for Accurate Reverse Engineering
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/15/measuring-parts-badly-for-accurate-reverse-engineering/
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/15/measuring-parts-badly-for-accurate-reverse-engineering/
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Measuring Parts Badly for Accurate Reverse Engineering
Like most hackers, I’ve run into a part that looks like it might do what I want, but the only documentation came from a company so thoroughly defunct their corporate office is now a nail salon and …
Flappy Bird on an… E-Cigarette?
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/15/flappy-bird-on-an-e-cigarette/
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/15/flappy-bird-on-an-e-cigarette/
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Flappy Bird on an… E-Cigarette?
Okay, now we’ve seen it all. Someone put the effort in to port Flappy Bird… to run on an e-cigarette. An eVic-VTC Mini to be precise. So now, between puffs, you can play one of the most…
Mrs. Penny’s Driving School — Hardware Workshop in Dallas
https://hackaday.com/2016/04/15/mrs-pennys-driving-school-hardware-workshop-in-dallas/
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Mrs. Penny’s Driving School — Hardware Workshop in Dallas
In case you haven't noticed, the Hackaday community is making more of an effort to be a community AFK. We're at VCF East this weekend, have the Hackaday World Create Day quickly approaching, Hackada...