Extreme Thermal Mods for 3D Printing Exotic Materials

From hackaday.com 4 months ago in Blogs

For general everyday use, there’s nothing wrong with the standard selection of plastics that most 3D printer filaments are available in. PLA, ABS, PETG — they’ve all got their place, …read more

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Wireless Power: Here? Now?

From hackaday.com 4 hours ago in Blogs

Outside of very small applications, Nikola Tesla’s ideas about transmitting serious power without wires have not been very practical. Sure, we can draw microwatts from radio signals in the air …read more

Console Macropad Uses SD Cards for Stylin’ and Profilin’

From hackaday.com 7 hours ago in Blogs

Macropads are great to have around for hotkey input, but things can get out of hand pretty quickly when you realize just how many shortcuts are in your life. To …read more

Color Vector Display Controller Brings Arcade Classics Back to Life

From hackaday.com 10 hours ago in Blogs

If you’ve been reading Hackaday long enough, you’ve probably come across a few hacks where someone made simple animations or even video games on an analog oscilloscope screen. Those hacks …read more

Bottoms Up: Soda Can Help with Almost Any Project

From hackaday.com 13 hours ago in Blogs

If there’s any one thing that the average hacker is short on at a given moment (besides chips), it’s transient small part storage. Just as new projects are built from …read more

Upcycled Practice Amp Build Goes to Eleven

From hackaday.com 16 hours ago in Blogs

What do you call someone who gives the toddler in your life a musical instrument as a gift? In most cases, “mortal enemy” is the correct answer, but not everyone …read more

Robotic Hand Uses Old CD-ROM Parts

From hackaday.com 18 hours ago in Blogs

Robotic arms and actuators are compelling things to watch, and as popular among the maker set as they are crucial to modern industry. [kthod2000] built a design of their own, …read more

Auditory Brainstem Implants: The Other Bionic Hearing Device

From hackaday.com 19 hours ago in Blogs

You might have heard of the cochlear implant. It’s an electronic device also referred to as a neuroprosthesis, serving as a bionic replacement for the human ear. These implants have …read more

NYC Hangs Up Its Last Pay Phone

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

It was a melancholy Monday this week in the Big Apple as the last public payphone was uprooted from midtown Manhattan near Times Square and hauled away like so much …read more

It’s Easy To Mod Your Oculus VR Headset With Prescription Lenses

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

The Oculus brand VR headset and other similar devices allow you to view 3D worlds, but they can be blurry and unsatisfying if you’re a glasses wearer. Alternatively, you might …read more

Tame Your Flexible Filaments With This Belt-Drive Extruder

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

[Proper Printing] clearly enjoys pushing the boundaries of 3D printed materials, and sometimes this requires building custom 3D printers or at least the business end of them. Flexible filaments can …read more