We all carry touch screen computers around in our pockets these days, but before the smartphone revolution, there was the personal digital assistant (PDA). While it wasn’t a commercial success, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/13/apple-newton-gets-rebuilt-battery-pack/)

Flashy Paper Christmas Tree Does It With a 555
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/13/flashy-paper-christmas-tree-does-it-with-a-555/

‘Tis the season for holiday hacks, and [Ben Emmett] is here to remind us that we don’t necessarily need a fancy microcontroller in order to make flashy fun things happen. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/13/flashy-paper-christmas-tree-does-it-with-a-555/)

Walkie Talkies, Jedi Style: Building a Communicator
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/13/walkie-talkies-jedi-style-building-a-communicator/

Playing Star Wars Outlaws sparked an idea with [3DSage]: why not recreate the game’s wrist communicator as a functioning gadget? Inspired by the relatively simplistic design, he and his friend …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/13/walkie-talkies-jedi-style-building-a-communicator/)

Origami-Inspired, Self-locking Structures With 3D Printing
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/13/origami-inspired-self-locking-structures-with-3d-printing/

Researchers recently shared details on creating foldable, self-locking structures by using multi-material 3D printing. These origami-inspired designs can transition between flat and three-dimensional forms, locking into place without needing external …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/13/origami-inspired-self-locking-structures-with-3d-printing/)

Personal Traffic Light Stops Them In Their Tracks
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/14/personal-traffic-light-stops-them-in-their-tracks/

Working from home can be pretty cool, but if you’re not the only one in the house trying to do it, the whole situation can feel like you’re right back …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/14/personal-traffic-light-stops-them-in-their-tracks/)

A Self Balancing Bike for Crash Dummy Billy
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/14/a-self-balancing-bike-for-crash-dummy-billy/

We aren’t sure there’s enough information in the [We Make Machines’] video to easily copy their self-balancing bike project, but if you want to do something similar, you can learn …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/14/a-self-balancing-bike-for-crash-dummy-billy/)

Hacker Tools, Hacked Tools
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/14/hacker-tools-hacked-tools/

We just love a good DIY tool project, and more so when it’s something that we can actually use cobbled together from stuff in our closet, or hacked out of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/14/hacker-tools-hacked-tools/)

tldr-pages Keeps it Short, Wherever You Need It
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/14/tldr-pages-keeps-it-short-wherever-you-need-it/