We often think of analog computing as a relic of the past, room-sized monstrosities filled with vacuum tubes doing their best ...

Let’s say your CAD workflow is starving for spatial awareness. Your fingers yearn to push, twist, and orbit – not just click.

We don’t often consider using do-it-yourself projects as a hedge against the apocalypse. But [The Thought Emporium] thinks we should know how to make penicillin just in case. We aren’t ...

You think of op amps as amplifiers because, no kidding, it is right in the name. But just like some people say, “you could do that with a 555,” [Doctor Volt] might say, “you can ...

If you take two objects with fairly smooth surfaces, and put these together, you would not expect them to stick together. At least not without a liberal amount of adhesive, water or some other ...

With the ability to independently adjust the thrust of each of their four motors, quadcopters are exceptionally agile compared to more traditional aircraft. But in an effort to create an even more ...

If you’ve only been around for the Internet age, you may not realize that Hackaday is the successor of electronics magazines.

The fact that modern-day x86 processors still pretty much support the same operating systems and software as their ancestors ...

Imagine a bare-bones electric pickup: it’s the size of an old Hilux, it seats two, and the bed fits a full sheet of plywood.

D printing is all well and good for prototyping, and it can even produce useful parts. If you want real strenght in plastics, ...

Sometimes you find a commercial product that is almost, but not exactly perfect for your needs. Your choices become: hack ...

One might be tempted to think that re-creating a film robot from the 1950s would be easy given all the tools and technology ...