A Drone Sprouts Wings | Hackaday
While there are some fixed-wing drones in the hobby world, most of us around here think of the quadcopter when this word is mentioned. There have …
DNS-over-HTTPS Is The Wrong Partial Solution
Openness has been one of the defining characteristics of the Internet for as long as it has existed, with much of the traffic today still passed …
The Arduino IDE Finally Grows Up
While the Arduino has a very vocal fan club, there are always a few people less than thrilled with the ubiquitous ecosystem. While fans may just …
How A Secret Gaming Scene Emerged In Communist East Germany
During the late 1980s, a gaming scene emerged in East Germany just before the fall of communism. Teenagers gathered in buildings like the “House of Young …
Finding USB Bugs The Hard Way
Sometimes debugging just doesn’t go the way you want it to. When USB problems arise, you can usually use a protocol analyzer to find the issue …
Turn Your Old-school CRT Into A YouTube Media Player
Ever wish you could enjoy modern conveniences like YouTube in a retro world of CRTs and late 20th century graphics? Johannes Spreitzer happened to find an …
Hackaday Links: October 20, 2019
It’s Nobel season again, with announcements of the prizes in literature, economics, medicine, physics, and chemistry going to worthies the world over. The wording of the …
Navigating The Dark Side: Controlling Robots With Zero Radio Communication
While autonomous robots have been the subject of some projects in the past, this particular project takes a swing at building a robot that can teach …
Pneumatic Zombie Will Blow Away Trick-or-Treaters
What are you doing for Halloween this year? Just gonna set the candy bowl out on the porch and call it good? That’s a risky one, …
Maker Spirit Alive And Well At The Philly Maker Faire
For many of us, it’s difficult to imagine a world without Maker Faire. The flagship events in California and New York have served as a celebration …