While we were debating about whether it even makes any sense to reboot RadioShack, or indeed any brick-and-mortar electronics store in the modern era, Dan Maloney and I stumbled on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/16/inspiration/)
Open Source Rover Gets an Update for Easier Building
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/16/open-source-rover-gets-an-update-for-easier-building/
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/16/open-source-rover-gets-an-update-for-easier-building/
Once upon a time, NASA-JPL put out a design for an open-source rocker-bogie rover. It was an impressive and capable thing, albeit a little expensive and difficult to build. Now, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/16/open-source-rover-gets-an-update-for-easier-building/)
The Science Behind the Majesty of Dancing Raisins
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/16/the-science-behind-the-majesty-of-dancing-raisins/
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/16/the-science-behind-the-majesty-of-dancing-raisins/
Have you ever thrown a handful of raisins into a tub of sparkling water? Or peanuts into beer? It seems like an altogether strange thing to do, but if you’ve …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/16/the-science-behind-the-majesty-of-dancing-raisins/)
Spinning CRT Makes a 360 Degree Audio Oscilloscope
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/16/spinning-crt-makes-a-360-degree-audio-oscilloscope/
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/16/spinning-crt-makes-a-360-degree-audio-oscilloscope/
A question for you: if the cathode ray tube had never been invented, what would an oscilloscope look like? We’re not sure ourselves, but it seems like something similar to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/16/spinning-crt-makes-a-360-degree-audio-oscilloscope/)
A Die-Cast Car Subframe, Pushing The Limit Too Far?
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/16/a-die-cast-car-subframe-pushing-the-limit-too-far/
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/16/a-die-cast-car-subframe-pushing-the-limit-too-far/
A piece of manufacturing news from Tesla Motors caught our eye, that Elon Musk’s car company plans to die-cast major underbody structures — in effect the chassis — for its …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/16/a-die-cast-car-subframe-pushing-the-limit-too-far/)
[Dalibor Farný]’s Enormous Nixies Light Up Contemporary Art Museum
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/16/dalibor-farnys-enormous-nixies-light-up-contemporary-art-museum/
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/16/dalibor-farnys-enormous-nixies-light-up-contemporary-art-museum/
Nixie tubes come in many shapes and sizes, but in only one color: the warm orange glow that makes them so desirable. They don’t usually come in large numbers, either: …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/16/dalibor-farnys-enormous-nixies-light-up-contemporary-art-museum/)
Multi-Year Doorbell Project
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/17/multi-year-doorbell-project/
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/17/multi-year-doorbell-project/
Camera modules for the Raspberry Pi became available shortly after its release in the early ’10s. Since then there has been about a decade of projects eschewing traditional USB webcams …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/09/17/multi-year-doorbell-project/)