Hackaday (unofficial) January 18, 2024 4:00pm Predicting the A-Bomb: The Cartmill Affair #featured #history #mischacks #originalart #atomicbomb #nuclearbomb #sciencefiction #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Predicting The A-Bomb: The Cartmill Affair There’s an upcoming movie, Argyle, about an author whose spy novels are a little too accurate, and she becomes a target of a real-life spy game. We haven’t seen the movie, but it made u…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 17, 2024 4:00am Need a Refresher on RMS? #mischacks #acvoltage #rms #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Need A Refresher On RMS? If you mostly deal with DC current, you might not think much of root mean square or RMS measurements. Sure, you’ve seen meters that have “true RMS” settings, but what does it mean…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 12, 2024 7:00am E-Ink Photo Frame Is A Simple, Pleasing Design #mischacks #digitalphotoframe #eink #ereader #nook #photoframe #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 E-Ink Photo Frame Is A Simple, Pleasing Design Regular photo frames are good, but they tend to only display a single photo unless you pull them to bits and swap out what’s inside. [Ben] decided to make a digital photo frame using an e-ink…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 11, 2024 7:00am 19th Century Copy Machine: The Cyclostyle #mischacks #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 19th Century Copy Machine: The Cyclostyle In the 2020s photocopiers are getting a bit exotic, although they are not gone yet. But these days, you are more likely to simply print multiple copies of a document. However, it wasn’t long …
Hackaday (unofficial) January 8, 2024 10:00pm Darkroom Robot Automates Away the Tedium of Film Developing #mischacks #35mm #arduino #c41 #chemistry #darkroom #developing #film #processing #sousvide #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Darkroom Robot Automates Away The Tedium Of Film Developing Anyone who has ever processed real analog film in a darkroom probably remembers two things: the awkward fumbling in absolute darkness while trying to get the film loaded into the developing reel, a…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 8, 2024 4:00pm Liquid Tin Could Be The Key To Cheap, Plentiful Grid Storage #currentevents #featured #interest #mischacks #energystorage #gridstorage #liquidtin #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Liquid Tin Could Be The Key To Cheap, Plentiful Grid Storage Once expensive and difficult to implement, renewable energy solutions like wind and solar are now often the cheapest options available for generating electricity for the grid. However, there are st…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 7, 2024 7:00am An Adjustable High-Voltage Power Supply Built with Safety in Mind #mischacks #arc #cockcroftwalton #corona #flyback #highvoltage #hv #multiplier #silicone #zvs #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 An Adjustable High-Voltage Power Supply Built With Safety In Mind It’s not entirely clear why [Advanced Tinkering] needs a 50,000-volt power supply, but given the amount of work he put into this one, we’re going to guess it will be something interesti…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 7, 2024 1:00am Seeing Fireworks in a Different Light #mischacks #chronos #fireworks #grating #jupyter #optics #python #spectra #spectroscopy #spectrum #wavelength #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Seeing Fireworks In A Different Light If you’re worried that [Roman Dvořák]’s spectroscopic analysis of fireworks is going to ruin New Year’s Eve or the Fourth of July, relax — the science of this build only add…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 1, 2024 10:00pm Electroluminescent Surfboard Looks Sharp For Night Surfing #mischacks #elwire #electroluminescentpanel #surfboard #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Electroluminescent Surfboard Looks Sharp For Night Surfing If you’ve watched Point Break lately, you probably considered the thrill and elation involved in night surfing. If you’ve hung out with a lifeguard, though, you might instead have frett…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 1, 2024 4:00pm Building a Simple Compressed Air Cannon Is Easy #mischacks #aircannon #cannon #pvc #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Building A Simple Compressed Air Cannon Is Easy The world of warfare was revolutionized by the development of black powder, fireworks, cannons, and the like. You don’t need any of that chemical nonsense to just have fun, though, as this co…
Hackaday (unofficial) January 1, 2024 10:00am Wii-Inspired Controller Built Using Raspberry Pi Pico #mischacks #mpu6050 #nintendowii #wii #wiimote #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Wii-Inspired Controller Built Using Raspberry Pi Pico We all thought Nintendo was going to change the world of gaming when it released the Wii all those years ago. In the end, it was interesting but not really fundamentally life-changing for most of u…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 31, 2023 4:00am Localizing Fireworks Launches With A Raspberry Pi #mischacks #fireworks #sound #soundlocalization #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Localizing Fireworks Launches With A Raspberry Pi If you have multiple microphones in known locations, and can determine the time a sound arrives at each one, you can actually determine the location that sound is coming from. This technique is ref…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 27, 2023 6:00pm Beyond The Basics: Exploring More Exotic Scope Trigger Modes #hackadaycolumns #mischacks #originalart #skills #oscilloscope #setupandhold #trigger #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Beyond The Basics: Exploring More Exotic Scope Trigger Modes Last time, we looked at some powerful trigger modes found on many modern scopes, including the Rigol DHO900 series we used as an example. Those triggers were mostly digital or, at least, threshold-…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 26, 2023 10:00pm Restoring the DC Bias #mischacks #dcblock #dcrestoration #transformers #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Restoring The DC Bias If you have a signal that passes through a capacitor or transformer, you will lose the DC portion of the signal. What do you do? If you need it, you can restore the DC bias using various techniques…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 19, 2023 7:00pm Australia Bans Engineered Stone, Workers Elsewhere Demand The Same #hackadaycolumns #mischacks #asbestos #engineeredstone #quartz #silicosis #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Australia Bans Engineered Stone, Workers Elsewhere Demand The Same Engineered stone, also known as artificial stone or composite stone, has become a popular material in the construction and design industries due to its aesthetic appeal and durability. It’s b…
Hackaday (unofficial) December 19, 2023 1:00am Simulate a Better Termination #mischacks #spice #termination #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Simulate A Better Termination If you are making certain precision measurements, you know you need to terminate the connections with the right impedance, normally 50 ohms. Proper termination minimizes reflections on the line whi…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 29, 2023 4:00am BBC Basic Is Back in a Big Way #mischacks #bbc #bbcbasic #bbcmicro #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 BBC Basic Is Back In A Big Way The BBC has a long history of teaching the world about computers. The broadcaster’s name was proudly displayed on the BBC Micro, and BBC Basic was the programming language developed especiall…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 26, 2023 4:00pm Walking Desk Is More Annoying Than A Standing Desk #mischacks #desk #hoverboard #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Walking Desk Is More Annoying Than A Standing Desk We’re often told that sitting is bad for our backs, for our necks, and even our general health. The standing desk aims to solve this by keeping us in a more vertical position while we work. […
Hackaday (unofficial) November 26, 2023 4:00am Double-Dose of AI Turns Daily Tasks Into Works of Art #machinelearning #mischacks #calendar #chatgpt #dalle #eink #epaper #midjourney #prompt #raspberrypi #waveshare #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Double-Dose Of AI Turns Daily Tasks Into Works Of Art Not so long ago, “Magic Mirror” builds were all the rage, and we have to admit getting out daily reminders and newsfeeds on an LCD display sitting behind a partially reflective mirror i…
Hackaday (unofficial) November 24, 2023 7:00pm The Other Kind Of Static Hazard to Your Logic Circuits #mischacks #and #boolean #gate #implicant #ktable #logic #not #or #racecondition #static #truthtable #ttl #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 The Other Kind Of Static Hazard To Your Logic Circuits We’ve all heard of the dangers of static electricity when dealing with electronics, and we all take the proper precautions when working with static-sensitive components — don’t we…