If you’re like most makers, you have a few product ideas kicking about, but you may not have made it all the way to production of those things. If you’re …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/making-products-for-fun-and-probably-no-profit/)

This Thermometer Rules!
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/this-thermometer-rules/

A PCB ruler is a common promotional item, or design exercise. Usually they have some sample outlines and holes as an aid to PCB design, but sometimes they also incorporate …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/05/this-thermometer-rules/)

A Tube, The Wooden Kind
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/a-tube-the-wooden-kind/

While we aren’t heavy-duty woodworkers, we occasionally make some sawdust as part of a project, and we admire people who know how to make wood and do what they want. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/a-tube-the-wooden-kind/)

Lorem Ipsum 36? Dolor Sit Amet Keyboard!
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/lorem-ipsum-36-dolor-sit-amet-keyboard/

You know, it’s a tale as old as custom mechanical keyboards. [penkia] couldn’t find any PCBs with 36 keys and Gateron low-profile switch footprints, so they made their own and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/lorem-ipsum-36-dolor-sit-amet-keyboard/)

How Do We Deal With Microplastics In The Ocean?
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/how-do-we-deal-with-microplastics-in-the-ocean/

Like the lead paint and asbestos of decades past, microplastics are the new awful contaminant that we really ought to do something about. They’re particularly abundant in the aquatic environment, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/how-do-we-deal-with-microplastics-in-the-ocean/)

Lorentz Cannon Fires Lightning
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/lorentz-cannon-fires-lightning/

[Editor’s note: This video disappeared, but there’s another version here at the moment. We’re leaving the links as-were in case they come back up soon.] The aptly named [LightingOnDemand] has …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/lorentz-cannon-fires-lightning/)

A Great Use for AI: Wasting Scammers Time!
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/a-great-use-for-ai-wasting-scammers-time/

We may have found the killer app for AI. Well, actually, British telecom provider O2 has. As The Guardian reports, they have an AI chatbot that acts like a 78-year-old …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/a-great-use-for-ai-wasting-scammers-time/)

Running Doom on an Apple Lightning to HDMI Adapter
https://hackaday.com/2025/02/06/running-doom-on-an-apple-lightning-to-hdmi-adapter/