Charging Phones with the Power of Paper Pulp

From hackaday.com 1 year ago in Blogs

Here it is, the most exciting reveal since the Hackaday Prize ceremony — [Eric Strebel] uses the pulp mold he designed and built over the three previous videos. In case …read more

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Hams Watch For Meteors

From hackaday.com 4 hours ago in Blogs

After passing an exam and obtaining a license, an amateur radio operator will typically pick up a VHF ratio and start talking to other hams in their local community. From …read more

It’s Difficult To Read An Audiophile Guide As An Analogue Engineer

From hackaday.com 7 hours ago in Blogs

Sitting on a train leaving the Hackaday Berlin conference, and Hacker News pops up Julian Shapiro with a guide to HiFi. What Hackaday scribe wouldn’t give it a click, to …read more

An Old Netbook Spills Its Secrets

From hackaday.com 10 hours ago in Blogs

For a brief moment in the late ’00s, netbooks dominated the low-cost mobile computing market. These were small, low-cost, low-power laptops, some tiny enough to only have a seven-inch display, …read more

Long-Distance Gaming Over Packet Radio

From hackaday.com 13 hours ago in Blogs

The amateur radio community often gets stereotyped as a hobby with a minimum age requirement around 70, gatekeeping airwaves from those with less experience or simply ignoring unfamiliar beginners. While …read more

Hackaday Berlin was Bonkers

From hackaday.com 16 hours ago in Blogs

In celebration of the tenth running of the Hackaday Prize, we had a fantastic weekend event in Berlin. This was a great opportunity for all of the European Hackaday community …read more

A Survey Of Long-Term Waterproofing Options

From hackaday.com 19 hours ago in Blogs

When it comes to placing a project underwater, the easy way out is to just stick it in some sort of waterproof container, cover it with hot glue, and call …read more

Dive Into the Microwaves, the Water’s Dipolar

From hackaday.com 22 hours ago in Blogs

When the microwave oven started to gain popularity in the 60s and 70s, supporters and critics alike predicted that it would usher in the end of cooking as we knew …read more

A Comprehensive Look at FDM Supports

From hackaday.com 24 hours ago in Blogs

When we first started 3D printing, we used ABS and early slicers. Using supports was undesirable because the support structures were not good, and ABS sticks to itself like crazy. …read more

Europe’s Proposed Right-To-Repair Law: a Game Changer, or Business As Usual?

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

Recently, the European Commission (EC) adopted a new proposal intended to enable and promote the repair of a range of consumer goods, including household devices like vacuum cleaners and washing …read more

MS-DOS Client Brings ChatGPT to the IBM PC

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

AI-powered chatbots are clearly the future of computing, and it’s only a matter of time before you’ll see them appear on every internet-connected gadget. If you thought you were safe …read more