Categoria: Hackaday (https://hackaday.com/)

ESP8266 Keeps Tabs on Wood Stove Temperature
Wood heat offers unique advantages compared to more modern heating systems, especially in remote areas. But it also comes with…

An iPhone Case Study
Way back in 2008, Apple unveiled the first unibody Macbook with a chassis milled out of a single block of…

How the Lost Mystery Pigment ‘Maya Blue’ Got Recreated
A distinct blue pigment reminiscent of turquoise or a clear sky was used by the ancient Maya to paint pottery,…

tldr-pages Keeps it Short, Wherever You Need It
Let’s face it, even the most accomplished console cowboy can’t keep everything memorized. Sure, you might know all the important arguments…

Behold a Geared, Continuously Variable Transmission
When it comes to transmissions, a geared continuously-variable transmission (CVT) is a bit of a holy grail. CVTs allow smooth…

A Self Balancing Bike for Crash Dummy Billy
We aren’t sure there’s enough information in the [We Make Machines’] video to easily copy their self-balancing bike project, but…

Hacker Tools, Hacked Tools
We just love a good DIY tool project, and more so when it’s something that we can actually use cobbled…

The Stern-Gerlach Experiment Misunderstood
Two guys — Stern and Gerlach — did an experiment in 1922. They wanted to measure magnetism caused by electron…

Apple Newton Gets Rebuilt Battery Pack
We all carry touch screen computers around in our pockets these days, but before the smartphone revolution, there was the…

Flashy Paper Christmas Tree Does It With a 555
‘Tis the season for holiday hacks, and [Ben Emmett] is here to remind us that we don’t necessarily need a…