This is the fourth iteration that [Dino] has produced for his all-terrain robot. just before this it was much more of a turtle, with an aluminum pan shell. We think his upgrade to MicroRAX frame parts makes it look a lot better, and lightens the load so it can get around better as well. It’s […]
For practically two decades there has been research that describes a method to freeze material with nothing but a laser. The techniques have only ever been able to work on single nano-crystals in a vacuum, making it less than functional — or practical. until now, that is. Researchers at the university of Washington have figured […]
one of the greatest trends in whatever market ‘Maker’ stuff belongs to is the Legofication of electronics. building electronics is hard, if you haven’t noticed. Anything that turns transmission lines, current loops, and RF wizardry into something a five-year-old can use has evident applications to education. For his Hackaday prize entry, [Jeremy Gilbert] is building […]
If all [Blake] wished to do is scroll “Blake likes Kim” on some LEDs he could have stopped with the breadboard version of the project. Or hastily craft a cardboard heart around the marquee. but he really just used this heart-shaped electronics project as an reason to get his feet wet with several different kinds of […]
You can find rubidium frequency standards all over eBay and various surplus dealers. They’re actually quite interesting devices, able to generate a 10 MHz sine wave with enough precision to be a serviceable atomic clock. While these standards can find themselves very useful in a lab, they’re only a component, and not a working-out-of-the-box device. […]
In a bit of punky, steam-based tinkering, Brittish engineer [Geoff Hudspith]’s obsession for steam as well as enthusiasm for cycles fused into the Hudspith steam Bicycle. Built as well as improved over the past thirty years, the custom-made steam engine uses a petrol as well as kerosene mix for fuel, reaching a top speed of […]
[Ronald] had to scramble to get his submission in, however we’re delighted he did. His demo video shows the screen of a 1980’s CD player working with music player Daemon. It’s truly just the original screen itself that works, however the job is not yet finished. However, is far sufficient along to show our URL […]
When [Robert] realized Adafruit is now selling analog comments servos, he decided he just had to make a programmable robot arm that might be trained like the commercially offered Baxter robot. The neat thing with the analog comments servos is it takes all the complexity out of training a robot. All you have to do […]
After browsing Amazon one day, [Dave] discovered a extremely fascinating piece of kit: a small, 1.5″ digital photo frame. They’re not extremely complex, just an LCD, a few buttons to cycle the picture, as well as a battery to keep whatever portable. He chose the very best utilize of this tech would be a small […]
APRS Cave-Link utilizes the amateur radio’s Automatic packet Reporting System (APRS) inside caves to get their setting data (and other messages) out. Imagine that you’re coordinating a big scale search-and-rescue objective in a cave. You requirement to understand where all your groups are, as well as whether or not they’ve discovered anything. however exactly how […]