The Hackaday Prize is officially back. Our 6th-annual #hardware #product #design #contest offering #engineers, #designers, #startups and #hackers the chance to win $125,000 to launch their product
This year we've challenged you to take your Hackaday Prize entries to the next level, but we know prototyping isn't easy. So we've created a space for you to ask one of our expert mentors questions...
The Self-Solving Rubik's Cube was on display at 2019 Maker Faire Bay Area. Carefully mix up the cube and then just set it down on the table. After sitting stationary for just a moment, the cube beg...
On display at the 2019 Cornel Cup was a UAV with a very unique design. It has the familiar layout of a quadcopter, but all four spinning blades have been replaced with flapping wings. The kicker? E...
The Cornell Cup is an engineering competition where student teams design hardware to solve a real-world problems in a unique and interesting way. From ornithopter-based quadcopters and robotic ding...
Example of a ham radio traffic network check-in. Traffic nets allow operators to check their gear and practice the now mostly obsolete skill of "radiogram message passing", which is used in emergen...
Principal at BOLT VC, Kate McAndrew, explains why entrepreneurs need to be obsessed with the customer, and why both hacker and hustler mentalities are needed to succeed in a hardware startup.
Supplyframe is challenging #designers, #engineers, and #startups to enter products at any stage of development to the 2019 Hackaday Prize. Top projects will be reviewed by a jury of professionals a...
Lead #Engineer of the 2018 Hackaday Prize-winning Dexter Robotic Arm, James Wigglesworth, talks about how winning the Prize has completely changed the trajectory of their company.
Hackaday Director of Product, Sophi Kravitz tells us about the evolution of the Hackaday Prize and how #hackers are evolving into #product designers and founders.
Say goodbye to the rest of your day. Here are the top 10 best videos about real hacking. We've already covered the absolute worst that hollywood has to offer, twice. Then, we did the best that holl...
What can you do with just 32x32 pixels? Why not write your own version of Pac-Man? The logic of the original coin-op game divided the board up into tiles that were 28x31 which works perfectly on th...
I always thought it would be cool to build a giant fire breathing piranha plant. I never really came up with an excuse to do it though. Eventually, I just decided I didn't really need an excuse, an...
This huge flip-dot display was part of the oovoo.com booth at 2015 CES. We loved watching it and wanted to know more about how it worked and who built it. The ooVoo crew shared plenty of details wh...
Ever want to make your own custom speaker pods or just make a big mess in general? Bil Herd leads you step by step on how to make a mess and end up with your own custom fiberglass construction.
HackaDay Direct To Garment printer. The orange was a test print, as you can see if your platen isn't 100% flat and level relative to the head, you'll get some smudging and general print errors. The...
Ken Shirriff has seen the insides of more integrated circuits than most people have seen bellybuttons. (This is an exaggeration.) But the point is, where we see a crazy jumble of circuitry, Ken see...
n this Hackaday.com original video, [Jack] points out the various parts of a DC motor and then explains how you can modify its torque/speed profile by rewinding it.