Rocket Switch – Accessibility Done With Elegance

From hackaday.com 2 months ago in Blogs

Quite a few makers try and create devices helpful to others – today’s hack, Rocket Switch, is a lovely example of that. It’s a design by [Neil Squire] of [Makers …read more

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Fulcrum Foils Finger Fatigue

From hackaday.com 21 hours ago in Blogs

It turns out that typing all day just might be bad for your hands and fingers. Repetitive Strain Injury, RSI, was a real problem for [David Schiller], particularly when coding. …read more

Copyright Data, But do it Right

From hackaday.com 24 hours ago in Blogs

Copyright law is a triple-edged sword. Historically, it has been used to make sure that authors and rock musicians get their due, but it’s also been extended to the breaking …read more

Experimenting with 20 Meters of Outlet Adapters

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

You may have seen some of the EEVblog dumpster dive videos, where [Dave Jones] occasionally finds perfectly good equipment that’s been tossed out. But this time, rather than a large …read more

Mechanical Keyboard Is Also a Mouse

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

The mechanical keyboard community is a vibrant, if not fanatical, group of enthusiasts determined to find as many possible ways of assembling, building, and using as many high-quality keyboards as …read more

Candy Blaster Lets You Shoot PEZ At Your Friends

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

Nerf Blasters are great fun to play with, but you really shouldn’t eat the foam darts. Conversely, Pez dispensers are fussy and kind of boring, but the candy is a …read more

Scratch Your Itch to Program a Microcontroller

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

One of the fun things about “old school” computers is that it was fairly easy to get kids into programming them. The old Basic interpreters were pretty forgiving, and you …read more

Levitating Banana Is An Excellent Conversation Starter

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

“I really like your floating banana.” If that’s something you’ve always wanted your guests to say when visiting your living room, this levitating banana project from [ElectroBing] is for you. …read more

Dad Builds Frickin’ Tank For His Son

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

We gotta love hacker Dads and Moms for being so awesome. Sooner or later, their kids get to play with some amazing toy that every other kid on the block …read more

Building a Fake Printer to Grab Screenshots Off the Parallel Port

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

[Tom Verbeure] recently found himself lamenting the need to take screen grabs from an Advantest R3273 spectrum analyzer with a phone camera, as the older gear requires you to either …read more

Smart Ovens Are Doing Dumb Checks For Internet Connectivity

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

If you’ve ever worked in IT support, you’ll be familiar with users calling in to check if the Internet is up every few hours or so. Often a quick refresh …read more