Twenty IoT Builds That Just Won $1000 in the Hackaday Prize

From hackaday.com 4 years ago in Blogs

Today we’re excited to announce the winners of the Internet of Useful Things phase of The Hackaday Prize. The future will be connected, and this is a challenge to build devices connected to the Internet that are useful. These projects are the best the Internet of Things have to offer, and they...

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Makes Its First Martian Tracks

From hackaday.com 6 hours ago in Blogs

There’s a special kind of anxiety that comes from trying out a robotic project for the first time. No matter the size, complexity, or how much design and planning has gone into it, the first time a creation moves under...

99% Inspiration, 99% Perspiration, and 99% Collaboration

From hackaday.com 9 hours ago in Blogs

I was watching an oldish TEDx talk with Rodney Mullen, probably the most innovative street skater ever, but that’s not the point, and it’s not his best talk either. Along the way, he makes a claim that ideas — in...

Lost a Lightweight Quadcopter? Here Are The Best Ways To Find It

From hackaday.com 12 hours ago in Blogs

Lost aircraft are harder to find when they are physically small to begin with. Not only are they harder to see, but the smaller units lack features like GPS tracking; it’s not normally possible to add it to a tiny...

Print Chess Pieces, then Defeat the Chess-Playing Printer

From hackaday.com 15 hours ago in Blogs

Chess is undoubtedly a game of the mind. Sadly, some of the nuances are lost when you play on a computer screen. When a game is tactile, it carries a different gravity. Look at a poker player shuffling chips, and...

buttonpusher Automates Animal Crossing Tasks

From hackaday.com 18 hours ago in Blogs

Press button, wait, press button again, repeat. There must be a better way! If that kind of interaction drives you nuts, you’ll probably appreciate [Tommy]’s buttonpusher, which has only one job: automate away some of the more boring parts of...

Explore the Cosmos with this DIY Digital Telescope

From hackaday.com 21 hours ago in Blogs

Getting a closer look at the Moon isn’t particularly difficult; even an absolute beginner can point a cheap telescope towards our nearest celestial neighbor and get some impressive views. But if you’re looking to explore a bit farther, and especially...

Open-DIP Surgery Cuts Retro Chips Down to Size

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

At least by today’s standards, some of the early chips were really, really big. They may have been revolutionary and they certainly did shrink the size of electronic devices, but integrating a 40-pin DIP into a modern design can be...

Get Apple to Track Your Bluetooth Devices For You

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

Apple’s “Find My” service allows users to track their missing devices by leveraging a worldwide network of location-aware iGadgets. With millions of iPhones and Macs out in the wild listening for the missing device’s Bluetooth advertisements and relaying their findings...

Eyesight Guardian Polices Your Poor Pupils

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

Don’t know about you, but over the last year or so, we have gone from spending ten or twelve hours a day at this computer to upwards of sixteen or eighteen. Fortunately there’s a window behind the monitor for taking...

The Rise And Fall Of The Fan Car

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

The advent of aerodynamic wings in motorsport was one of the most dramatic changes in the mid-20th century. Suddenly, it was possible to generate more grip at speed outside of altering suspension setups and fitting grippier tyres. However, it was...