Aug 02, 2026 from Hackaday The Seven Sensors and Breakout Boards to Avoid in a Product We’ve all seen these sensors and modules kicking around, as part of beginner kits, strapped into prototypes and potentially even in products deployed in the field. Yet as [John Teel] …read more
Aug 02, 2026 from Hackaday UV Printer? 3D Printer? HeyGears says “Why Not Both”? There’s a new contender in the prosumer UV printer world up on Kickstarter, the HeyGears G1. This one’s particularly interesting as they’re explicitly marketing it as being able to produce …read more
Aug 02, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Fixing Failed KOReader OTA Update on PocketBook I have a PocketBook InkPad Color and PocketBook Color (both first generation). I run KOReader on both. I tried to do an OTA update of KOReader, but it failed in both cases (locked up after hitting ...
Aug 02, 2026 from Hackaday Bike Trainers as Video Game Controllers While we’ve largely settled on analog sticks and digital buttons for controlling video games, there’s all sorts of projects to create truly esoteric controllers that allow playing games in unique …...
Aug 01, 2026 from Hackaday Stewart Platform Walker Gains Feeling In Legs From Resistors Stewy is a very interesting robot, with some slightly odd kinematics. Its head is a Stewart platform, which is a common-enough 6-DOF actuated plate normally used with a fixed base. …read more
Aug 01, 2026 from Hackaday Open Source Stream Deck Targets Flexibility Stream decks are very useful when you’re live on camera and you need to hit some complicated macro at a glance. However, there is sometimes a perception that commercial options …read more
Aug 01, 2026 from Hackaday Browser-based 3D Editor Covers The Basics While Staying Local Got an idea and want to make a simple 3D model, but don’t want to install a full-fledged CAD modeling suite and queue up a few hours of tutorial videos? …read more
Aug 01, 2026 from Peter's Path Pelgrims Path part 05 Hiked part 5/27 of the Pelgrims Path, 18.82 kilometres from Reeuwijk to Haastrecht. You walk right through the Reeuwijkse Plassen along the narrow lanes that separate the lakes. In 1657 four felled...
Aug 01, 2026 from Kev Quirk 📝 2026-08-01 15:28: Our new addition to the family, Nelly, has arrived and she's causing havoc already. 🤣 Our new addition to the family, Nelly, has arrived and she's causing havoc already. 🤣 Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this post by email, or le...
Aug 01, 2026 from Ambient Irony Daily News Stuff 1 August 2026 Port Elizabeth Edition Top Story VC-backed startups commit more fraud and researchers think they know why. (Tech Crunch) Yes, it's exactly the reason you immediately thought of. Congratulations, yo...
Aug 01, 2026 from Hackaday Commercialization and Innovation The last year or two has seen relatively affordable multi-material printers hit the market, and the question that [Tom Nardi] and I were kicking around when he was writing up …read more
Aug 01, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Anthropic reveals Claude models breached 3 companies without authorization during tests Anthropic has disclosed that 3 Claude models gained unauthorized access to the production systems of three external organizations during cybersecurity evaluations. The incidents emerged after OpenA...
Aug 01, 2026 from Kev Quirk 📝 2026-08-01 13:46: Signed up for a Vinted account. My options to "secure my account" were adding a... Signed up for a Vinted account. My options to "secure my account" were adding a phone number, or to logout. I fucking hate this side of the internet. Scumbags. Thanks for reading this post via RSS....
Aug 01, 2026 from Hackaday Testing a 3D Printed Cycloidal Gearbox Design Cycloidal gearboxes are a recurring theme in the hobbyist space due to the performance their promise in a compact package. They are capable of taking in a high-speed input and …read more
Aug 01, 2026 from Hackaday A Compact Game Controller For Your Phone [Gil Yankovitch] noted that playing games on a touchscreen phone gave up a certain something in terms of the tactile feedback one gets from real buttons. To that end, he …read more
Aug 01, 2026 from Jasco's Website Expand Text I talk about our recent migration of ticketing systems, AI slop, and toxic positivity
Aug 01, 2026 from Kev Quirk 📝 2026-08-01 08:47: Today is the first of August. Where the hell did the first two thirds of... Today is the first of August. Where the hell did the first two thirds of 2026 go??? 😵💫 Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this post by email, or ...
Aug 01, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Ente Photos adds memory reactions, desktop upgrades, and curated sharing controls Ente Photos has introduced a broad set of updates focused on sharing, photo organization, imports, and performance. Users can now comment on and react to shared memories, with new interactions resu...
Aug 01, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Google Earth integrates Nano Banana for historical and future location visualizations Google has added its Nano Banana image generation tool to Google Earth, allowing users to create custom images based on real locations. One of its main uses is visualizing how places may have looke...
Aug 01, 2026 from Hackaday Casual Repair and Maintenance on an Amiga 1000 Recently [Drygol] had an Amiga 1000 system over for some repairs as well as maintenance and general TLC. This is a Motorola 68000-based home computer from 1985 that also has …read more
