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You probably flash new firmware on a variety of devices regularly, even though that’s rare for non-technical types. B...
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Interested in taking some wild new 3D printing features for a test drive? preFlight is free and open source slicer th...
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3D printers are almost never fast enough. [Cocoanix] had a Prusa MK3S with this very problem. He found it to be disap...
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Many of us have made electric transport of some form, whether a Hacky Racer, and e-bike, a go-kart, or whatever. We h...
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After the digital camera rose to prominence, it became a cool hobby to keep taking photos on film. It was even cooler...
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The vibrobot – a vibrating motor and battery attached to the head of a brush – isn’t truly a robot, since its movemen...
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Building your own sprinkler system controller isn’t that difficult on the face of it, but what happens when your syst...
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If you want to maximize the life of your lithium-ion batteries, proper storage voltage is critical. That is, don’t st...
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Three resistors in parallel: 4.7 k,Ω 22 kΩ, and 3.3 kΩ. Quick! What’s the equivalent value? You can estimate it, of c...
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Most people love window shades, but many dislike the tedium of having to open and close them over the course of each ...
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If you own a modern smartphone, there’s an excellent chance that its battery has run dangerously low on you at least ...
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The world of open source — and in particular open source licenses — is something we cover regularly here at Hackaday ...
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[Mellow_Labs] picked up a few LiDAR matrix sensors and found them very exciting. While a normal time-of-flight sensor...
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The Mary Rose was a carrack in the English Tudor Navy of King Henry VIII that fought in multiple battles during the ...
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If you’ve watched a Saturn V launch, you’ve probably seen how a large rocket will often jettison a stage on the way u...
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If you’ve been interested in FreeCAD but haven’t known where to start, here’s a wonderful video tutorial for FreeCAD ...
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As time marches on, the retro gaming community gets more and more access to older systems. This is partially a produc...
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Along with Velcro, zippers have become an integral part of every day life, being a quick and easy way to usually temp...
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You’ve probably seen a Foucault pendulum in a museum. This Victorian-era science demonstration is named after physici...
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Originally envisioned as a simple DIY laptop project, [kati]’s PinkPad V1 ended up being considerably more involved t...