Hackaday (unofficial) June 27, 2023 6:00am Get Your Leafy Meats #chemistryhacks #cookinghacks #greenhacks #artificialorganism #artifishal #bioengineering #biology #decelluralized #ghost #leaf #madscience #nonvegan #recelluralized #scaffolding #spinach #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Get Your Leafy Meats Some of us jokingly refer to our hobbies as “mad science,” but [Justin] from The Thought Emporium could be one Igor away from living up to the jibe. The latest project to come out of th…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 23, 2023 3:00am Forgotten Chemical Photography #chemistryhacks #chemistry #develop #forgotten #image #largeformat #negative #paper #photography #platinum #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Forgotten Chemical Photography Much to the chagrin of Eastman Kodak, the world has moved on from chemical photography into the realm of digital, thanks to the ease of use and high quality of modern digital cameras. There are a f…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 11, 2023 3:00am The Primordial Soup’s On With This Modified Miller-Urey Experiment #chemistryhacks #abiogenesis #arduino #flyback #formicacid #millerurey #plasma #primordial #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 The Primordial Soup’s On With This Modified Miller-Urey Experiment It’s a pretty sure bet that anyone who survived high school biology has heard about the Miller-Urey experiment that supported the hypothesis that the chemistry of life could arise from Earth&…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 9, 2023 7:00pm These 3D Printed Biocatalytic Fibers Scrub Carbon Dioxide #3dprinterhacks #chemistryhacks #carbondioxide #carbonicanhydrase #co2 #crosslinking #curing #enyme #peg #photoinitiator #textile #uv #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 These 3D Printed Biocatalytic Fibers Scrub Carbon Dioxide On today’s episode of “What If?” — what if the Apollo 13 astronauts had a 3D printer? Well, for one thing, they may have been able to avoid all the futzing with duct tape an…
Hackaday (unofficial) May 5, 2023 12:01am Easter’s Over, But You Can Still Dye Keycaps #chemistryhacks #mischacks #keycaps #pbt #pbtkeycaps #ritdye #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Easter’s Over, But You Can Still Dye Keycaps While it’s true that keycap colorways abound these days, one can’t always find exactly what one is looking for. And once found, the set is often either prohibitively expensive, or it do…
Hackaday (unofficial) March 23, 2023 4:00pm Who Needs Gasoline When You’ve Got Sodium? #chemistryhacks #transportationhacks #fuel #fuelinjection #nak #sodiumpotassiumalloy #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Who Needs Gasoline When You’ve Got Sodium? YouTuber and serial debunker [Thunderf00t] was thinking about the use of sodium to counteract global warming. The theory is that sodium can be used as a fuel when combusted with air, producing a cl…
Hackaday (unofficial) February 17, 2023 3:00pm 3D Printing with Rice Might be Nice #3dprinterhacks #chemistryhacks #bioplastic #biopolymer #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 3D Printing With Rice Might Be Nice The United Nations Industrial Development Organization recently pointed out a possible replacement for petrochemical-based polymers: rice resin. A Japanese company makes the material from inedible …
Hackaday (unofficial) February 7, 2023 4:00am Researchers Find “Inert” Components in Batteries Lead to Cell Self-Discharge #batteryhacks #chemistryhacks #news #battery #chemistry #liion #lithium #pet #selfdischarge #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Researchers Find “Inert” Components In Batteries Lead To Cell Self-Discharge When it comes to portable power, lithium-ion batteries are where it’s at. Unsurprisingly, there’s a lot of work being done to better understand how to maximize battery life and usable c…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 24, 2023 5:00pm Old Ham Wisdom Leads to Better Aluminum Painting #chemistryhacks #aluminum #metalworking #painting #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Old Ham Wisdom Leads To Better Aluminum Painting When [bdk6] tried painting aluminum for electronic projects, he found it didn’t tend to stay painted. It would easily scratch off or, eventually, even flake off. The problem is the paint does…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 13, 2023 1:00am Making The One Ring By Electroplating Gold On A 3D Print #3dprinterhacks #chemistryhacks #3dprint #3dprinter #chemistry #electroplating #gold #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Making The One Ring By Electroplating Gold On A 3D Print Electroplating is a great way to add strength or shine to a 3D print. However, we don’t see too many people trying it with gold. [HEN3DRIK] isn’t afraid to experiment, though, and pulle…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 10, 2023 7:00am Wipe On, Wipe Off: Make Your Own Rain Repellent #chemistryhacks #howto #dimethicone #ethanol #isopropyl #rainx #sulfuricacid #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Wipe On, Wipe Off: Make Your Own Rain Repellent Once upon a time, we drove an old six-volt VW Beetle. One sad day, the wiper motor went out, and as this happened before the Internet heyday, there were no readily-available parts around that we we…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 1, 2023 7:00am Raspberry Pi and ppLOGGER Make a Low-Cost Chemiluminescence Detector #chemistryhacks #science #electrochemistry #opensourcescience #potentiostat #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Raspberry Pi And PpLOGGER Make A Low-Cost Chemiluminescence Detector [Laena] and her colleagues at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science in Melbourne, Australia used a Raspberry Pi to make a low-cost electrochemiluminescence (ECL) detector to measure inflamma…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 27, 2022 8:00pm An ESP32-Based Potentiostat #chemistryhacks #science #agriculture #electrochemistry #glucometer #insulin #pointofcare #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 An ESP32-Based Potentiostat Ever wanted to make your own wireless chemical sensor? Researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) have got you covered with their ESP32-based potentiostat. We’ve talked…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 6, 2022 10:00am Homebrew 3D Printer Goop Promises Better Bed Adhesion #3dprinterhacks #chemistryhacks #bedadhesion #isopropylalcohol #pva #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Homebrew 3D Printer Goop Promises Better Bed Adhesion Back when 3D printers were pretty new, most of us had glass beds with or without painter’s tape. To make plastic stick, you’d either use a glue stick or hair spray. Many people have mov…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 23, 2022 5:00pm Hardware Store Chemicals Transform Sheets into Waterproof Tarps #chemistryhacks #lifehacks #canvas #knots #naphtha #recycled #silicone #tarp #textile #textiles #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Hardware Store Chemicals Transform Sheets Into Waterproof Tarps For hackers in the Northern Hemisphere, the seasons of wet and cold are upon us. Staying dry is every bit as important as staying warm, so what better than a hack or two to keep us warm and dry! Al…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 19, 2022 6:00pm Crusty Leaking Cells Kill Your Tech. Just What’s Going On? #chemistryhacks #hackadaycolumns #alkalinecell #battery #drycell #primarycell #zinccarboncell #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Crusty Leaking Cells Kill Your Tech. Just What’s Going On? Seasoned Hackaday readers may have noticed over the years, that some of us who toil under the sign of the Jolly Wrencher have a penchant for older tech. After all, what’s not to like in a dir…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 18, 2022 9:00am Kodak Film Factory Revealed #chemistryhacks #classichacks #35mm #camera #coating #factory #film #kodak #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Kodak Film Factory Revealed Anybody born before the mid 1990s will likely remember film cameras being used to document their early years. Although the convenience of digital cameras took over and were then themselves largely…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 14, 2022 12:00am How To Grow Your Own Pyramid Salt Crystals #chemistryhacks #crystal #crystals #salt #saltcrystals #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 How To Grow Your Own Pyramid Salt Crystals The regular granular table salt you’re used to isn’t the most attractive-looking seasoning out there, even given its fundamentally compelling flavor. You don’t have to settle for …
Hackaday (unofficial) October 13, 2022 12:00am Toilet Paper Tube Pulls Dissolved Resin From IPA, Cures It For Disposal #3dprinterhacks #chemistryhacks #3dprinting #disposal #ipa #resin #sla #uv #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Toilet Paper Tube Pulls Dissolved Resin From IPA, Cures It For Disposal SLA 3D printing with resin typically means rinsing parts with IPA (isopropyl alcohol). That process results in cloudy, used IPA containing a high concentration of dissolved resin. The dual goals of…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 2, 2022 3:00am A Liquid Metal Fountain That Works at Room Temperature #chemistryhacks #fountain #glassblowing #nak #sodiumpotassiumalloy #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 A Liquid Metal Fountain That Works At Room Temperature A fountain is a great way of adding a little flair to an otherwise boring pond. All you need is a pump, a filter and some pipes, along with a nozzle to scatter the pressurized water in some aesthet…