This fresh take on the traditional Arduino layout is the GlowDuino Uno. Featuring LEDs on almost every I/O pin and a bevy of other tweaks and additions brings a breath of fresh air to a board that …

A pet peeve of mine has always been the lack of camera peripherals for microcontrollers. I look at the listing and cry out to the skies, “why, oh why, do we all think microprocessors are the …

As you go about your day-to-day life, you probably have some vague understanding that there is air pollution around you. However, actually putting a number on how air quality changes from one day, …

I was recently talking to a high school Design and Technology teacher about changes in their curriculum. They mentioned that they had to teach some rudimentary electronics including logic gates and…

For those of the Jewish faith, Hanukkah is a celebration of the recovery of Jerusalem and the rededication of the Second Temple during the early 2nd century BC. It is observed for 8 nights and days…

Let your hacker friends know how you really feel! Should I wear this rainbow hat? Point to Go! Should I burn the bottom half of this piece of art? Point to Stop! These absolutely awesome lightweigh…

Here at Tindie, we love a product born out of need. Sometimes that’s a need for something shiny and innovative, but sometimes the need to not endlessly repeat steps in projects is great motiv…

Halloween is right around the corner, and Tindie once again has all the spooky decorations and wearables you need! From earrings to pins to props, the community has always impressed us with their a…

Valve’s Steam Deck is a fantastic piece of hardware. However, like all advanced computing devices it generates heat, and being in a small enclosed form factor this thermal energy doesn’t alwa…

E-ink displays have fascinated me for years now. Since their arrival in 2012, their proliferation through store shelves, wristwatches, e-readers, and many other devices has taken off like a storm. …

We’ve all made prototypes using whatever we happen to have on hand — random sensors, development boards, and wires all over the place. Or you might be in the middle of a reverse enginee…

Whilst it’s fantastic fun to try and hear a satellite with a handheld radio and antenna it can be a tricky dance to keep everything aligned. If you are serious about tracking satellites, a tr…

  Mecanum wheels are fascinating! Over the last few years, they have allowed robot builders to experiment with near universal directional control of wheeled robots allowing sideways and skewin…

Everyone has seen those cheap LED testers found all over the web at low prices. But how accurate are they? They’re not capable of testing RGB LEDs either, and certainly can’t measure th…

Long gone are the days of sitting 6 inches away from your CRT television, trying to figure out where your friend is running around in the GoldenEye map without being accused of screen-cheating. We …

I have a confession. One of my favorite YouTube rabbit holes to go down is ghost-hunting. It’s silly, I know, but it’s a paradoxically entertaining thing to watch- people applying scien…

Good news, procrastinators and those of you who simply have not yet worked up the nerve to submit! The 2022 Hackaday Supercon Call for Proposals has been extended one more week. You’ve been waiting…

Tindie is an excellent resource to find niche electronics to help solve a specific need or problem. However, if what you find is out of stock and can’t actually be purchased, it does you litt…

DEF CON 30 has come and gone this year, and wow — there were some incredibly talented and passionate folks there. Being both an important anniversary for the event and the first full-scale ga…

As an amateur radio operator (and even well before that) I’ve always had a soft spot for radio. It’s such an amazing technology, and I’ve always had various radios and radio kits …