Sodium Chloride has a melting point of 801 C (1,474 F), putting it comfortably between commonly-cast materials like aluminum ...

Joshua Clay] recently unveiled his newest RC Nerf Dart Robot and talks through his design choices, pointing out that in his aim to have it launch darts fast and hard he may have somewhat overshot ...

Philco was a common household brand for many years. The company started in 1892, making street lights. Then they pivoted to batteries. This was big business when early radios were all ...

Having an AI assistant is all the rage these days, but AI assistants usually don’t know about your automation setups and may have difficulty dealing with tasks asynchronously. Enter zclaw.

Recently the Myrient game video archive announced that they’re shutting down on March 31st of this year, for a couple of ...

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams met up to trade their favorite posts of the week. Tune in and see if your favorites made the list. From crazy intricate automata to surprising ...

You see it all the time in science fiction: the heroes find old data, read it, and learn how to save the day. But how realistic is that? Forget aliens. Could you read a stack of punch cards or a ...

An auspicious anniversary passed for me this week, as it’s a decade since I started writing for Hackaday. In that time this ...

Although not as reviled as the sound of nails on chalkboard, the sound of adhesive tape being peeled is quite probably at ...

Matt Denton]’s SpoolBot is a surprisingly agile remote-controlled robot that doesn’t just repurpose filament spool leftovers.

The WS2812B has become one of the most popular addressable LEDs out there. They’re easy to drive from just about any ...

The Haxophone is an open source MIDI saxophone project that has achieved some popularity. It’s caught the attention of ...