Even if you don’t like to build replicas of movie robots, you can often draw inspiration from cinema. Everyone knows Robby the Robot, Gort, and R2D2. But [Atomic Snack Bar] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/obscure-sci-fi-robots/)
I2C For Hackers: The Basics
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/i2c-for-hackers-the-basics/
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/i2c-for-hackers-the-basics/
You only really need two data wires to transfer a ton of data. Standards like UART, USB2, I2C, SPI, PS/2, CAN, RS232, SWD (an interface to program MCUs), RS485, DMX, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/i2c-for-hackers-the-basics/)
An ESP Makes A Bicycle Odometer
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/an-esp-makes-a-bicycle-odometer/
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/an-esp-makes-a-bicycle-odometer/
If you’d like to measure the speed of your cycling then it’s easy enough to buy a cycle computer, but as [Clovis Fritzen] has done it’s also an option to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/an-esp-makes-a-bicycle-odometer/)
On Carbon Fiber Types and Their Carcinogenic Risks
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/on-carbon-fiber-types-and-their-carcinogenic-risks/
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/on-carbon-fiber-types-and-their-carcinogenic-risks/
Behind this rough surface hides an abrasive character.
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/fr-colorfabb-cf-20-filament-closeup.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/fr-colorfabb-cf-20-filament-closeup.jpg?w=800" tabindex="0" role="button">Initially only seeing brief popular use as the filament in incandescent lighting, carbon fibers (CF) experienced a resurgence during the 20th century as part of composite materials that are lighter …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/on-carbon-fiber-types-and-their-carcinogenic-risks/)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/fr-colorfabb-cf-20-filament-closeup.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/fr-colorfabb-cf-20-filament-closeup.jpg?w=800" tabindex="0" role="button">Initially only seeing brief popular use as the filament in incandescent lighting, carbon fibers (CF) experienced a resurgence during the 20th century as part of composite materials that are lighter …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/on-carbon-fiber-types-and-their-carcinogenic-risks/)
Compiling Four Billion If Statements
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/compiling-four-billion-if-statements/
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/compiling-four-billion-if-statements/
With modern tools, you have to try very hard to do something stupid, because the tools (rightly) recognize you’re doing something stupid. [Andreas Karlsson] can speak to that first hand …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/compiling-four-billion-if-statements/)
FLOSS Weekly Episode 795: Liferay, Now We’re Thinking With Portals
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/floss-weekly-episode-795-liferay-now-were-thinking-with-portals/
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/floss-weekly-episode-795-liferay-now-were-thinking-with-portals/
This week Jonathan Bennett and Doc Searls chat with Olaf Kock and Dave Nebinger about Liferay! That’s a Java project that started as an implementation of a web portal, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/floss-weekly-episode-795-liferay-now-were-thinking-with-portals/)
Vintage Crystal Radio Draws the Waves
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/vintage-crystal-radio-draws-the-waves/
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/vintage-crystal-radio-draws-the-waves/
The classic crystal radio was an oatmeal box with some wire and a few parts. [Michael Simpson] has something very different. He found an assembled Philmore “selective” radio kit. The …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/07/vintage-crystal-radio-draws-the-waves/)