Humans aren’t supposed to be cooped up indoors all day, but who wants to be bothered by UV rays, insects, allergens, traffic, physical activity, and other people? On the other hand, a gloomy …

The Arduino has proved to be a great platform for electronics projects. The same goes for the Raspberry Pi. However, there are some projects that fall in the gap between these two options. Projects th...

So you've built out your complete home automation setup, with little network-connected "things" scattered all around your home. You've got net-connected TVs, weather stations, security cameras, and wh...

Looking to use up some more of his flexible LED strip, Hackaday alum and Tindie writer [Jeremy Cook] tried for a funky accent to his dinner or coffee table: light up coasters. Using his CNC router …

Check out the great workmanship that went into [TonyRobot]'s coffee vending version of ROBOT CAFE at Tokyo Maker Faire 2016. We'd really like to see this in action, so if anyone has more success th...

There are it seems no wireless-enabled light switches available in the standard form factor of a UK light switch. At least, that was the experience of [loldavid6], when he decided he needed one. Also,...

Simple, elegant, and well executed. This solenoid engine build is everything we've come to love about [Matthias Wandel]'s work. If you don't recognize his name you probably remember the name of his si...

Flying a kite on a stormy day is not the wisest thing to do, except, of course, you're intentionally trying to catch a lightning bolt. The guys from [kreosan] replicated the famous experiment, with w...

[Cameron Meredith] starts the Hackaday.io page for one of his projects by quoting a Hackaday write-up: “A timepiece is rather a rite of passage in the world of hardware hacking”. We sta…

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen DIYers sending music over a laser beam but the brothers [Armand] and [Victor] are certainly in contention for sending the music the longest distance…

One of the major reasons anyone would turn to a 3D printer, even if they have access to a machine shop, is that there are some shapes that are not possible to make with conventional "subtractive manu...

So you like watching stupid stuff? Here you go, a scene from Bones that tops the infamous 'IP backtrace with Visual Basic' or 'four-handed keyboard' scenes from other TV shows. Someone hacked the bo...

Group entry hacks are a favorite for hacker social groups. Why use old fashioned keys when you can use newfangled electronic keys? If you are looking to build a simple RFID-based security system to…

High up on the list of desirable technologies that are edging into the realm of the affordable for the experimenter is the thermal camera. Once the exclusive preserve of those with huge budgets, ov…

Every year, the Journal of Improbable Research issues its prizes for the craziest (published) scientific research: the Ig Nobel Prize. The ceremony took place a couple nights ago, and if you want to s...

We remember going to grandfather’s garage. There he would be, his tobacco pipe clenched between his teeth, wisps of smoke trailing into the air around him as he focused, bent over another of …

Brace yourselves. The rest of the media is going to be calling this an “IoT DDOS” and the hype will spin out of control. Hype aside, the facts on the ground make it look like an extreme…

When the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began requiring registration of quadcopters ("drones") in the US, it took a number of hobbyists by surprise. After all, the FAA regulates real 747s, n...

In the early 1930s, Reginald Denny, an English actor living in Los Angeles, stumbled upon a young boy flying a rubber band-powered airplane. After attempting to help the boy by adjusting the rubber…

Fearless makers are conquering ever more fields of engineering and science, finding out that curiosity and common sense is all it takes to tackle any DIY project. Great things can be accomplished, …