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OnShape to Robot Models Made Easier
We live in a time where our phones have computing power that would have been the envy of NASA a few decades ago. So, in theory, we should be able...
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How to Monitor Blood Pressure Without Raising It
Does anyone actually enjoy the sensation of being squeezed by a blood pressure cuff? Well, as Mom used to say, it takes all kinds. For those who...
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A PCB for a Quarter?
As time has gone by and PCB assembly companies have reached further into the space of affordability for our community, the available types of...
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Pool Noodle Robot Shines A Light On The Pros and Cons Of Soft Robots
[James Bruton]’s impressive portfolio of robots has always used conventional rigid components, so he decided to take a bit of a detour and try...
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Circle Full of LEDs Becomes a Clock
Building a clock of some sorts seems to be a time honored tradition for hackers and LED clocks seem one of the most popular. You can build...
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Exploring The Open Source That Really Goes Into A RISC-V Chip
It’s an exciting time in the world of microprocessors, as the long-held promise of devices with open-source RISC-V cores is coming to fruition....
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Printing Yoda Heads: Re-Makers Riffing!
We had a comment recently from a nasty little troll (gasp! on the Internet!). The claim was that most makers are really just “copiers” because...
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A Very Modern Tube Headphone Amplifier
Once a discarded relic, over the years the humble vacuum tube has been rehabilitated in the arena of specialist audio. There are plenty of tube...
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Sounding the Humble LED
Here at Hackaday we’re no strangers to the colorful glow of LEDs. But what if there was more to appreciate beneath the surface? Back in 2011...
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Bottle Filler Perfectly Tops Your Cup
You know those bottle fillers at schools and airports? What if you had one of those at home? We know what you’re going to say: “My fridge has...
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The Famous Basic Computer Games Book Gets a 2021 Update
If you are a certain age, your first programming language was almost certainly BASIC. You probably at least saw the famous book by Ahl, titled...
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3D Printed Printing Press Turns You into Gutenberg
A few machines have truly changed the world, such as the wheel, steam engines, or the printing press. Maybe 3D printers will be on that list one...
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Ransomware hackers turn to virtual machine software to boost extortion schemes
Ransomware gangs that target big corporations for extortion have long designed their code to execute on Microsoft Windows systems because of the...
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Spectrogram Drawing For Fun And Coding
It probably can’t have taken long after the first spectrum waterfall display was created, before somebody had a go at creating a waveform that...
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NSA Releases Guidance on Zero-Trust Architecture
A new document provides guidance for businesses planning to implement a zero-trust system management strategy.