The average hot water is a relatively simple appliance to understand. It uses gas or electricity to dump energy into water in the form of heat, keeping it at a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/defeating-bacteria-in-hot-water-systems-with-a-heat-exchanger/)
Simulating UAVs In Unreal Engine
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/simulating-uavs-in-unreal-engine/
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/simulating-uavs-in-unreal-engine/
When it comes to building real-world flying vehicles, testing can be arduous and expensive. You have to find somewhere to fly, then you have to contend with environmental conditions and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/simulating-uavs-in-unreal-engine/)
Building An Energy-Harvesting Business Card
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/building-an-energy-harvesting-business-card/
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/building-an-energy-harvesting-business-card/
The hope is always that a good business card will leave a good impression. For those in the electronics field, they also serve as an opportunity to showcase creative design …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/building-an-energy-harvesting-business-card/)
Fixing an Expensive Amprobe Cable Tracer With Mystery Fault
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/fixing-an-expensive-amprobe-cable-tracer-with-mystery-fault/
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/fixing-an-expensive-amprobe-cable-tracer-with-mystery-fault/
Perhaps the most annoying kinds of faults are those that involve expensive equipment that just sit around in a cupboard, only for them to just stop working at all. Such …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/fixing-an-expensive-amprobe-cable-tracer-with-mystery-fault/)
A perennial in the esoteric operating system space is ReactOS, a project with its roots in the 1990s which is doing a pretty good job of creating an open source …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/reactos-gets-an-upgrade/)
Tricking an Air Conditioner Into Cooling
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/tricking-an-air-conditioner-into-cooling/
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/tricking-an-air-conditioner-into-cooling/
Modern heat pumps, of which air conditioners are a subset, seem like simple machines in theory. They just move heat from one place to another. But in order to operate …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/31/tricking-an-air-conditioner-into-cooling/)
Sliding Into Perfection: The Open Task Light
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/01/sliding-into-perfection-the-open-task-light/
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/01/sliding-into-perfection-the-open-task-light/
A few years ago Dyson released a desk lamp that could slide up and down, in and out, balancing itself at every position. [Steven Bennett] saw that lamp and wanted …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/09/01/sliding-into-perfection-the-open-task-light/)