The AI effects we know these days were once preceded by CGI, and those were once preceded by true hand-built physical props. If that makes you think of Muppets, this …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/30/17-year-old-hellboy-ii-prop-still-amazes/)

Making a Treadmill Into a 3D Printer
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/making-a-treadmill-into-a-3d-printer/

A treadmill-style bed can be a great addition to a 3D printer. It allows prints to be shifted out of the build volume as printing continues, greatly increasing the size …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/making-a-treadmill-into-a-3d-printer/)

A CRT Display for Retro Weather Forecasting
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/a-crt-display-for-retro-weather-forecasting/

It would be hard to find any electronics still in production which use CRT displays, but for some inscrutable reason it’s easy to find cheap 4-inch CRTs on AliExpress. Not …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/a-crt-display-for-retro-weather-forecasting/)

Pulling Back the Veil, Practically
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/pulling-back-the-veil-practically/

In a marvelous college lecture in front of a class of engineering students, V. Hunter Adams professed his love for embedded engineering, but he might as well have been singing …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/pulling-back-the-veil-practically/)

Building a Wireless Motorized Fader For Lighting Control
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/building-a-wireless-motorized-fader-for-lighting-control/

Motorized faders are very cool, and you can find them in everything from expensive mixing desks to high-end video editing decks. If you want to build your own wireless motorized …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/building-a-wireless-motorized-fader-for-lighting-control/)

Hot Rod Backyard Bath on Steel Spring Legs
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/hot-rod-backyard-bath-on-steel-spring-legs/

In a fusion of scrapyard elegance and Aussie ingenuity, [Mark Makies] has given a piece of old steel a steamy second life with his ‘CastAway Tub’. Call it a bush …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/hot-rod-backyard-bath-on-steel-spring-legs/)

ESPer-CDP Plays CDs and Streams in Style
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/esper-cdp-plays-cds-and-streams-in-style/

What do you get when you combine an ESP32, a 16-bit DAC, an antique VFD, and an IDE CD-ROM drive? Not much, unless you put in the work, which [Akasaka …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/31/esper-cdp-plays-cds-and-streams-in-style/)