The demoscene never ceases to amaze. Back in the mid-80s, people wouldn’t just
hack software to remove the copy restrictions, but would go the extra mile and
add some fun artwork and greetz. Over t…
Last week, the world’s largest electronics trade fair took place in Munich, so I
had to attend. Electronica is so big that it happens only once every two years
and fills up 14 airplane hangars. As …
There are places that you can go in person, but for everything else, there’s FPV. Whether you’re flying race quads, diving the depths in a yellow submarine, or simply roving the surface of the land…
It’s finally time! We’ve put together the 2022 Supercon Schedule, and you can check out all the talks, workshops, and events in one place – right now. It all starts off with breakfast on Friday mor…
First, it was the WiFi router: my ancient WRT54G that had given me nearly two
decades service. Something finally gave out in the 2.4 GHz circuitry, and it
would WiFi no more. Before my tears could …
Do you ever get a project stuck in your mind? An idea so good you just keep thinking about it? Going over iterations and options and pros and cons in the back of your mind, or maybe on paper, but h…
Supercon Tickets go on sale right now! And the true-believer tickets usually
sell out fast, so if you’re as excited about the thought of a real-life Supercon
as we are, get yours now for a healthy …
A beautiful chapter of the history of invention in the United States ended with
a fire in 1880. Well, the fire took place in 1877, but the wheels of government
turn slowly. For the first 90 years t…
Just as the Jedi youngling would have to build their light saber, so is it a
rite of passage for a true geek to build their own computer interfaces. And
nothing makes a personal computer more perso…
Ding! That’s the bell for the second challenge round of the 2022 Hackaday Prize.
If your project reuses or recycles what would otherwise be waste materials, or
helps you to do the same for fu…
Ladies and Gentlemen, Sentient robots, Travellers from the distant future, or
Aliens from the outer rim, it’s time to enter the 2022 Hackaday.io Sci-Fi
Contest! We last ran the Sci-Fi contest…
My son was into “Secret Coders”, a graphic novel series wherein a pair of kids
discover and thwart a plot to take over the world by learning to program in the
LOGO computer language. Wh…
The judges’ ballots are in and we’re proud to present the ten winners of the fourth round of the 2021 Hackaday Prize. We love robots, and it’s obvious that you do too! The number…
We were trading stories of our first self-made PCBs in the secret underground
Hackaday bunker, and a couple of the boards looked really good for first
efforts. Of course there were mistakes and sub…