Can you build a HF SSB radio transciever in one weekend, while on the road, at parts from a swap meet? I can, but apparently not without setting something on fire. Of course the swap meet I’m…

If you want to learn how to defeat computer security, nothing beats hands-on experience. Of course, if you get your hands on someone's system without their permission, you may end up having a very sho...

For the third year in a row, we're running the greatest hardware challenge on the planet. It's the Hackaday Prize, a contest to build something that matters. We're giving away $300,000 to people who ...

At Hackaday, sometimes we nerd out a bit too hard over comic book movies. With Captain America: Civil War in theaters, I knew I had to do a project dedicated to the movie -- so I made a ridiculously o...

There were a lot of very technical talks at Hackaday Belgrade. That's no surprise, this is Hackaday after all. But every once in a while it's good to lift our heads up from the bench, blow away some o...

[MechEngineerMike]'s bike boost is just a pleasure to look at, and, we're certain, a relief to use. While it's not going to rocket you down the street, it will certainly take some of the pain away. (...

This robot may have the fastest hand we’ve ever seen. It’s only a hand at the moment, but it’s certainly good with it. The hand comes from a research project out of the University…

The Hackaday Crew will be descending on San Mateo next weekend for Bay Area Maker Faire. Will you be there? Gerrit and I will be looking in every booth and byway for amazing hacks, new hardware, and a...

A common sight in the days before cheap PCs conquered the world was the dumb terminal. A keyboard and a monitor with a serial port on the back that was usually hooked up to a minicomputer or even a…

Robot arms are cool, and to judge from the SCARA arms and old Heathkit robots tucked away in a cupboard of every computer science department in every university in the world, they're still remarkably ...

On the Starship Enterprise, an engineer can simply tell the computer what he'd like it to do, and it will do the design work. Moments later, the replicator pops out the needed part (we assume to atomi...

If binary clocks have you confused by all the math required to figure out what time it is, we have the solution for you: a unary clock. After all, what's simpler than summing up powers of two? Powers ...

Decorating graduation caps is often frowned upon by the administration but [Dan Barkus] is challenging his school authorities to keep from smiling when they see what he has in store. His build will…

Looking for a better way to store your tools during transportation? While we certainly wouldn't recommend trying to check this thing as a carry-on (oh and prepare for it to be searched even in checked...

3D printers have forever changed the hardware hacker movement. From the original RepRap project on up through current commercial offerings, 3D printers have become an indispensable tool for hackers, ...

There are a few interesting Hackaday gatherings going on next weekend. The first is the Bay Area Maker Faire. Most of the Hackaday and Tindie crew will be in San Mateo next weekend, and we're giving a...

Refits of retro TVs and radios with the latest smart guts are a dime a dozen around Hackaday. And while a lot of these projects show a great deal of skill and respect for the original device, there's ...

This DIY mailbox pretty much has it all. Not only is it waterproof and secure, it’s beautifully built and unlikely to arouse the suspicion of or induce fear in the mailman. It’s made of…

(Yeah, we don't know what that title means either.) But holding your PCBs down in one place and nicely registered while you spread solder paste over them is a problem that needs solving, and [Carsten]...

We’ve seen hundreds of ways to create your own PCBs at home. If you have a laser printer, you can put traces on a piece of copper clad board. If you have some hydrogen peroxide and acid, you …