Categoria: Hackaday (https://hackaday.com/)
2025 One Hertz Challenge: A 555, but not as we know it
We did explicitly ask for projects that use a 555 timer for the One Hertz Challenge, but we weren’t expecting…
Video Tape Hides Video Player
While it might not be accurate to say VHS is dead, it’s certainly not a lively format. It continues on…
USB-C-ing All The Things
Wall warts. Plug mounted power supplies that turn mains voltage into low voltage DC on a barrel jack to power…
The Epochalypse: It’s Y2K, But 38 Years Later
Picture this: it’s January 19th, 2038, at exactly 03:14:07 UTC. Somewhere in a data center, a Unix system quietly ticks…
2025 One-Hertz Challenge: Pokémon Alarm Clock Tells You It’s Time to Build the Very Best
We’ve all felt the frustration of cheap consumer electronics — especially when they aren’t actually cheap. How many of us…
2025 One-Hertz Challenge: It’s Hexadecimal Unix Time
[danjovic] came up with a nifty entry for our 2025 One-Hertz Challenge that lands somewhere between the categories of Ridiculous…
A Lockpicking Robot That Can Sense the Pins
Having a robot that can quickly and unsupervised pick any lock with the skills of a professional human lockpicker has…
Don’t Turn That Old System On, First Take it Apart
When you first get your hands on an old piece of equipment, regardless of whether it’s an old PC or…
Fixing Human Sleep With Air Under Pressure
By and large, the human body is designed to breathe from birth, and keep breathing continuously until death. Indeed, if…
Freezer Monitoring: Because Ice Cream Is a Dish Best Served Cold
[Scott Baker] wrote in to let us know about his freezer monitor. After a regrettable incident where the ice cream…
