Category: Tech

Reading Time: 2 minutesSelling power banks these days isn’t easy, as you can only stretch the reasonable limits of capacity and output wattage so far. Fortunately there is

Reading Time: 2 minutesCopper! The only thing it does better than conduct heat is conduct a great steampunk vibe. [Billet Labs]’ latest video is an artfully done wall

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs [Sam Ben-Yaakov] points out in a recent video, you don’t often see flyback converters these days. That’s because there are smarter ways to get

Reading Time: 2 minutesYou can use a microcontroller to build a clock. After all, a clock is just something that counts the passage of time. The only problem

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Etch-A-Sketch has been a popular toy for decades. It can be fun to draw on, but you have to get things right the first

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 2025 One Hertz Challenge asks you to build a project that does something once every second. While that has inspired a lot of clock

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re back! This week Jonathan chats with Mattias Wadman and Michael Farber about JQ! It’s more than just a JSON parser, JQ is a whole

Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen do you think the first podcast occurred? Did you guess in the 1890s? That’s not a typo. Telefonhírmondó was possibly the world’s first true

Reading Time: 2 minutesFacing the horrifying realization that he’s going to graduate soon, EE student [Colin Jackson] AKA [Electronics Guy] needed a business card. Not just any business

Reading Time: 10 minutesHackaday has a long-running series on Mining and Refining, that tracks elements of interest on the human-made road from rocks to riches. What author Dan

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s hard to overstate the impact desktop 3D printing has had on the making and hacking scene. It drastically lowered the barrier for many to

Reading Time: 2 minutesIf your guitar needs more distortion, lower audio fidelity, or another musical effect, you can always shell out some money to get a dedicated piece