Tech in Plain Sight: Escalators
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/29/tech-in-plain-sight-escalators/

If you are designing a building and need to move many people up or down, you probably will at least consider an escalator. In fact, if you visit most large …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/29/tech-in-plain-sight-escalators/)

A Vintage Monitor Lives Again with a New Heart
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/29/a-vintage-monitor-lives-again-with-a-new-heart/

Aside from keeping decades-old consumer-grade computing hardware working, a major problem for many retrocomputing enthusiasts lies in doing the same for vintage monitors. Whether your screen is a domestic TV …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/29/a-vintage-monitor-lives-again-with-a-new-heart/)

3D Printed Axial Compressor is On a Mission to Inflate Balloons
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/29/3d-printed-axial-compressor-is-on-a-mission-to-inflate-balloons/

[Let’s Print] has been fascinated with creating a 3D printed axial compressor that can do meaningful work, and his latest iteration mixes FDM and SLA printed parts to successfully inflate …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/29/3d-printed-axial-compressor-is-on-a-mission-to-inflate-balloons/)

A Mouse Becomes A Camera
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/29/a-mouse-becomes-a-camera/

If your pointing device is a mouse, turn it over. The chances are you’ll see a red LED light if you’re not seriously old-school and your mouse has a ball, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/29/a-mouse-becomes-a-camera/)

New Robots To Explore New Areas Of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/29/new-robots-to-explore-new-areas-of-japans-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant/

During a press event on January 23rd, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) demonstrated two new robots at the mock-up facility at Japan Atomic Energy Agency’s Naraha Center for Remote Control …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/29/new-robots-to-explore-new-areas-of-japans-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant/)

A Complete Exchange From Scratch For Your Rotary Dial Phones
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/29/a-complete-exchange-from-scratch-for-your-rotary-dial-phones/

Such has been the success of the mobile phone that in many places they have removed the need for wired connections, for example where this is being written the old …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/29/a-complete-exchange-from-scratch-for-your-rotary-dial-phones/)

Building a Semi-Auto Cookie Dough Gun
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/30/building-a-semi-auto-cookie-dough-gun/