When we saw [Max.K]’s automatic NiMh battery charger float past in the Hackaday tips line, it brought to mind a charger that ...

The world of the overclocker contains many arcane tweaks to squeeze the last drops of performance from a computer, many of ...

If you’re used to thinking about 3D printing in Cartesian terms, prepare your brain for a bit of a twist with [Joshua Bird]’s ...

For the cautious, a good piece of advice is to always wait to buy a new product until after the first model year, whether its ...

The 20th century saw humankind’s first careful steps outside of the biosphere in which our species has evolved. Whereas ...

Birds have long been our inspiration for flight, and researchers at Princeton University have found a new trick in their ...

You might have heard of electrets being used in microphones, but do you know what it is? Electrets produce a semi-permanent ...

Energy is expensive these days. There’s no getting around it. If, like [Giovanni], you want to keep better track of your ...

When humans counted on their fingers, everyone had a state-of-the-art (at the time) calculator at all times. But as we got smarter about calculation, we missed that convenience. When slide rules ...

Many Hackaday readers have an interest in retro technology, but we are not the only group who scour the flea markets.

We really love when makers make their construction techniques evident in an aesthetically-pleasing way, and [Laura Kampf] has ...

Fossil fuels can be a bit fussy to access, and geopolitics tends to make prices volatile. Burning them also takes carbon out ...