[Sterling]’s MacBook pro has a propensity to heat up at times. some of this overheating is due to to what he uses his Mac for – gaming and making music. A larger part of this overheating is that this laptop is a consumer electronics device – it’s going to die sooner or later. one day […]
[ROBB’S] house has NO LIGHT switches[ROBB’S] house has NO LIGHT switches
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So [RobB] wanted to take out all the light switches in his house. His plan was to replace them with a system that could be operated from his smart phone. but his partner insisted that there still should be some way to control the lighting directly — we have to agree with her on that one. The […]
PROTOTYPING WITH THE ATMEGA1284PPROTOTYPING WITH THE ATMEGA1284P
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While most people are moving onto ARMs and other high-spec microcontrollers, [Dave Cheney] is bucking the trend. Don’t worry, it’s for a good reason – he’s continuing work on one of those vintage CPU/microcontroller mashups that implement an entire vintage system in two chips. While toying around with the project, he found the microcontroller he […]
HACK IT: IN-REFRIGERATOR EGG trackingHACK IT: IN-REFRIGERATOR EGG tracking
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Here’s a idea piece that screens the eggs in your refrigerator. It’s still in advancement as well as we don’t believe the general public is prepared for digital egg tracking rather yet. however we like the idea as well as want to hear from you to see if you might establish your own version. What […]
RETROTECHTACULAR: vintage computer museum PLAYLISTRETROTECHTACULAR: vintage computer museum PLAYLIST
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have you ever seen one of these SCELBI 8B computers? This is one of the first hobby computer kits which were sold starting in 1974. This is just one of the many pieces of vintage computing hardware shown off in this playlist (the SCELBI is the fifth video). The collection is part of the Bugbook historical […]
MAKING A DROPBOX WITH A CHUMBY as well as BITTORRENTMAKING A DROPBOX WITH A CHUMBY as well as BITTORRENT
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since the Chumby servers went offline earlier this year, [Huan] discovered himself with a few of these tiny, extremely hackable Web gadgets lying around. He’s likewise getting tired of his NAS as well as desired a method to sync folders between all his computers. integrate the two desires, as well as you can make a […]
A simple DOLLY FOR TIME-LAPSE photographyA simple DOLLY FOR TIME-LAPSE photography
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[Henrique] wrote in to tell us about his time-lapse photography hack. Triggering of the camera is done via CHDK, or Canon Hack development kit. This experimental kit allows Canon Powershot cameras to run scripts as well as other neat features without permanently changing anything. user scripts for this hack and others can be found here. […]
THIS HACKER fit AN entire RETROPIE IN AN ALTOIDS TINTHIS HACKER fit AN entire RETROPIE IN AN ALTOIDS TIN
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A few months ago, [wermy] built the mintyPi, a Raspberry Pi-based gaming console that fits inside an Altoids tin. It’s amazing — there’s a composite LCD, an audio DAC, and a chopped up Nintendo controller all connected to a Raspberry Pi for vintage gaming goodness on the road. Now, there’s a new mintyPi. The mintyPi […]
HACKADAY IS ENTERING IN THE REDBULL creation contestHACKADAY IS ENTERING IN THE REDBULL creation contest
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When I returned from MakerFaire Kansas City I was very pleased to find a Bullduino waiting on my doorstep! Hackaday has been accepted into the first round of the Redbull creation Contest. I’m doing the physical building while the other writers are consulting for this round. I’m also pulling people from around me here at […]
BUILDING A BARN DOOR TRACKER FOR ASTRONOMICAL photographyBUILDING A BARN DOOR TRACKER FOR ASTRONOMICAL photography
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That’s a quite remarkable picture to catch peering out from your back balcony. The rig utilized to record such a gem is seen on the right. It’s called a Barn Door tracker as well as was built by [DCH972]. details for this develop are scattered all over the place, there’s a video (also discovered below), […]