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Hackadayby Al Williams3h ago
Last time we found out the idea of space stations is surprisingly old. By the 1950s, everyone knew we’d be working in beautiful space stations that rotated like a wheel to give us the illusion of...
Hackadayby Maya Posch6h ago
Sapphires and rubies aren’t just pretty, they also got a range of practical uses. This makes it even more useful to be able to make them at home for obviously completely innocent experiments.
Hackadayby Tom Nardi18h ago
We’ll start this week off with some disappointing, though not entirely unexpected, news — the ambitious commercial mission to save NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is officially a bust.
Hackadayby Aaron Beckendorf1d ago
Impressive as it most certainly is when an amateur fabricates a semiconductor, most of the projects we’ve seen are more demonstrations than workable chips. [Dr.
Hackadayby Tyler August1d ago
There’s no actual data, but if we had to guess the least-favourite Disney movie of former Amiga owners would have to be Frozen, because none of them will ever be able to “Let it Go”.
Hackadayby Aaron Beckendorf1d ago
Drone control links are, from a radio signals perspective, nothing short of amazing: using a transmitter capable of transmitting, at most, one watt, a protocol such as ExpressLRS (ELRS) can control...
Hackadayby Elliot Williams2d ago
On Hackaday last week, and on the podcast, we were talking about one of the educational toys of yesteryear that launched a thousand careers, at least if the comment section is to be believed: the...
Hackadayby Zoe Skyforest2d ago
These days, it’s plenty easy to build a Geiger counter with a microcontroller that has a nice fancy display and a simple digital readout for how many radiations you’re likely sucking up into your...
Hackadayby Tyler August2d ago
The Hammond organ is an early form of electronic– or perhaps electromechanical– musical instrument.
Hackadayby Maya Posch4d ago
Over the years poly(lactic acid) (PLA) – also known as polylactide – has become a popular thermoplastic for a variety of reasons.
Hackadayby Al Williams4d ago
People have lived in space stations for decades now, but something is wrong with them. Where are the big rotating wheels? You know the ones.
Hackadayby Donald Papp4d ago
The Ting FX EP-2350 by Teenage Engineering is a standalone microphone with a few extras, including samples and built-in effect presets that can be modified by the user.
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