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Reverse Engineering An Old Bus Display

When his makerspace was gifted a pair of Luminator LED signs of the sort you might see on the front of a bus, [PWalsh] decided to pull one apart to see what made it tick. Along the way, he managed to reverse engine… https://hackaday.com/2019/12/11/reverse-engineering-an-old-bus-display/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1205017964799500293

Code The Classics Is Coming

We feel sorry for youth of today. If you spend a few hours playing a modern video game and decide you want to write your own, there’s a big job ahead of you. Games now are as much performances as programs, with cinematic 3D r… https://hackaday.com/2019/12/11/code-the-classics-is-coming/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1204972739074969602

Programmable Wrist Synth Pushes The Envelope

Synths are a ton of fun no matter how good or bad they sound. Really, there are no bad-sounding ones, it’s just that some are more annoying to listen than others to if you’re not the one making the beep boops… https://hackaday.com/2019/12/11/programmable-wrist-synth-pushes-the-envelope/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1204919869667520512

Stackable Open Source 3D Printer Enclosure

One of the unfortunate realities of desktop FDM 3D printing is that environmental factors such as ambient temperature and humidity can have a big impact on your results. Even with the exact same settings, a par… https://hackaday.com/2019/12/11/stackable-open-source-3d-printer-enclosure/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1204874543585746946

Angela Sheehan is Developing Wearable Tech with Whimsy

As a concept, wearable technology excites many of us, but in practice, it’s been hard to nail down. Up to this point, the most high-tech thing the average person might reasonably wear has been a wri… https://hackaday.com/2019/12/11/angela-sheehan-is-developing-wearable-tech-with-whimsy/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1204851896109977600

RT from Tindie Maker Marketplace @tindie

Fill up Your Projects Queue With The BBox 1. #TindieBlog #engineering #electronics https://blog.tindie.com/2019/12/fill-projects-queue-bbox-1/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/tindie/status/1204812243638112256

Linux Fu: Debugging Bash Scripts

A recent post about debugging constructs surprised me. There were quite a few comments about how you didn’t need a debugger, as long as you had printf. For that matter, we’ve all debugged systems where you had nothing bu… https://hackaday.com/2019/12/11/linux-fu-debugging-bash-scripts/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1204829347296808961

A Tree of LEDs That Blows Out Like a Candle

The beautiful workmanship in [Andrew]’s LED tree is gorgeous all on its own, but of course there’s more going on than meets the eye. This  LED tree can be blown out like a candle and it even playfully challeng… https://hackaday.com/2019/12/11/a-tree-of-leds-that-blows-out-like-a-candle/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1204806592123850752

The Story Of The Quickening: Mercurial Metal

Of all known metals, mercury is probably one of the most famous, if only for its lustrous, liquid form at room temperature. Over the centuries, it has been commonly used in a wide variety of applications, inc… https://hackaday.com/2019/12/11/the-story-of-the-quickening-mercurial-metal/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1204783994304389120

Rescue An Expensive Servo With Some Reverse Engineering

[Andrew] had a servo damaged by someone connecting the power supply to the wrong pins (whoops) which fried the microcontroller and a logic level shifter. With a bit of reverse engineering, he succe… https://hackaday.com/2019/12/11/rescue-an-expensive-servo-with-some-reverse-engineering/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1204746186160312320

Cloned Gate Remote Does It (Slightly) Better

Ever make something just to see if you could? Yeah, we thought so. [serverframeworks] wanted to see if he could clone the remote that opens his neighborhood gate, inspired by the long distance ding-dong-ditch… https://hackaday.com/2019/12/11/cloned-gate-remote-does-it-slightly-better/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1204700927552348160

Globe Lamp Tracks The ISS For You

Assuming you don’t work at a major space agency, you probably don’t really need to know the exact location of the International Space Station at all times. If you’d like to know just because it’s cool, this lamp is for … https://hackaday.com/2019/12/10/globe-lamp-tracks-the-iss-for-you/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1204655590515134464

AI Knows If The Pitch Is On Target Before You Do

Pitching a baseball is about accuracy and speed. A swift ball on target is the goal, allowing the pitcher to strike out the batter. [Nick Bild] created an AI system that can determine a ball’s trajectory … https://hackaday.com/2019/12/10/ai-knows-if-the-pitch-is-on-target-before-you-do/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1204610314949595136

Hackaday's Tell Time Contest challenges you to build an amazing time telling device: join us now! ⏰☠⏲⌚ http://bit.ly/2Pvnvkm

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1204584088994275328

Tracking Wasted Time With A Ferrofluid Clock

We know this project is supposed to be about developing a fine-looking ferrofluid clock, and not about the value of procrastination. But after watching the video below, see if you don’t think that procrastina… https://hackaday.com/2019/12/10/tracking-wasted-time-with-a-ferrofluid-clock/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1204557478001819648

Chaining Together A 16×2 Bubble LED Display

We’ve recently noticed an uptick of interest in so-called “bubble displays”: vintage alphanumeric LEDs which are probably best remembered as being used in watches and calculators before the LCD took over. Toda… https://hackaday.com/2019/12/10/chaining-together-a-16x2-bubble-led-display/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1204512166088527878

Make a Feather compatible board on @hackadayio! Once you have published your project, look in the left sidebar for the Submit project to enter it in the Take Flight With Feather Contest. #feathercontest http://bit.ly/2oE7sr2

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1204506260432928769

With PowerCore and FluxLamp, Reflow Is Possible

[nathan] sends in this combo of projects which combine to make a very interesting reflow oven.

First is PowerCore which has two microcontrollers, an ATmega and a ESP8366 working in tandem to turn the AC o… https://hackaday.com/2019/12/10/with-powercore-and-fluxlamp-reflow-is-possible/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1204485521180897280

Weird Substances: Hagfish Slime

In the cold, dark recesses of ocean floors around the world, hagfish slither around like sea snakes, searching for food. When a hagfish finds a suitable carcass, it devours the dead fish in two different ways. As it burro… https://hackaday.com/2019/12/10/weird-substances-hagfish-slime/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1204462925383176196

RT from Tindie Maker Marketplace @tindie

Everyone Should Own a #Nerf Turret, and This Shield is the First Step. #Arduino #RaspberryPi #TindieBlog https://blog.tindie.com/2019/12/nerf-turret-shield/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/tindie/status/1204446215007588355