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Surprisingly Refined Perpetual Motion Device Teardown https://hackaday.com/2025/09/25/surprisingly-refined-perpetual-motion-device-teardown/ #ReverseEngineering #TheHackadayPrize #perpetualmotion #ToyHacks #BigClive #teardown

Surprisingly Refined Perpetual Motion Device Teardown - Perpetual motion devices are either a gag, a scam, or as in the case of this parti... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/25/surprisingly-refined-perpetual-motion-device-teardown/ #reverseengineering #thehackadayprize #perpetualmotion #toyhacks #bigclive #teardown

Hackaday Prize 2023: AutoDuct Smart Air Duct - Modern building techniques are relying more and more on passive elements to improv... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/15/hackaday-prize-2023-autoduct-smart-air-duct/ #2023hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #ventilation #greenhacks #cooling #heating #shutter #green #duct #home #hvac #vent #fan

Hackaday Prize 2023: AutoDuct Smart Air Duct - Modern building techniques are relying more and more on passive elements to improv... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/15/hackaday-prize-2023-autoduct-smart-air-duct/ #2023hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #ventilation #greenhacks #cooling #heating #shutter #green #duct #home #hvac #vent #fan

Hackaday Prize 2023: AutoDuct Smart Air Duct - Modern building techniques are relying more and more on passive elements to improv... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/15/hackaday-prize-2023-autoduct-smart-air-duct/ #2023hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #ventilation #greenhacks #cooling #heating #shutter #green #duct #home #hvac #vent #fan

Hackaday Prize 2023: AutoDuct Smart Air Duct - Modern building techniques are relying more and more on passive elements to improv... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/15/hackaday-prize-2023-autoduct-smart-air-duct/ #2023hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #ventilation #greenhacks #cooling #heating #shutter #green #duct #home #hvac #vent #fan

Hackaday Prize 2023: AutoDuct Smart Air Duct - Modern building techniques are relying more and more on passive elements to improv... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/15/hackaday-prize-2023-autoduct-smart-air-duct/ #2023hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #ventilation #greenhacks #cooling #heating #shutter #green #duct #home #hvac #vent #fan

Hackaday Prize 2023: Gen5X A Generatively Designed 5-Axis 3D Printer - [Ric Real] is entering the 2023 Hackaday Prize with the Gen5X, a generatively desi... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/03/hackaday-prize-2023-gen5x-a-generatively-designed-5-axis-3d-printer/ #thehackadayprize #generativedesign #parametricdesign #hackadaycolumns #3dprinterhacks #3dprinted #5-axis

Hackaday Prize 2023: Bluetooth Spell To Speak - Have you ever known what you wanted to say but couldn’t figure out exactly how to ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/06/06/hackaday-prize-2023-bluetooth-spell-to-speak/ #2023hackadayprize #bluetoothkeyboard #capacitivesensing #thehackadayprize #accessibility #medicalhacks #esp32-s2 #esp32

Hackaday Prize 2022: Repairing a Vintage Laptop With Modern Components - Laptop computers may be ubiquitous today, but there was a time when they were the ... - https://hackaday.com/2022/07/27/hackaday-prize-2022-repairing-a-vintage-laptop-with-modern-components/ #2022hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #retrocomputing #laptoprepair #repairhacks #powersupply #tftdisplay #custompcb #toshiba

Hackaday Prize 2022: A CM4 Upgrade For Your Old iPad - There’s no shortage of nicely built tablets out there, but unfortunately many of t... - https://hackaday.com/2022/06/27/hackaday-prize-2022-a-cm4-upgade-for-your-old-ipad/ #raspberrypicomputemodule #reverseengineering #2022hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #computemodule4 #tablethacks #diyipad #ipad

Hackaday Prize 2022: House Ventilation Reverse-Engineered And Automated - [Marcel] thought – what if he had more control over his house ventilation system? ... - https://hackaday.com/2022/06/01/hackaday-prize-2022-house-ventilation-reverse-engineered-and-automated/ #reverseengineering #environmentcontrol #2022hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #atmega32u4 #homehacks #smarthome #cc1101

Calculate Like It’s 1989 With This HP15C Emulator - Back in the day, your choice of calculator said a lot about your chops, and nothin... - https://hackaday.com/2021/08/31/calculate-like-its-1989-with-this-hp15c-emulator/ #2021hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #hewlettpackard #programmable #calculator #scientific #atmega328 #emulator #15c

Capacitive Mouse Built for a Friend Makes for a Touching Tale - Those tiny switches inside your mouse may be rated for 50 million clicks or more, ... - https://hackaday.com/2021/08/30/capacitive-mouse-built-for-a-friend-makes-for-a-touching-tale/ #2021hackadayprize #peripheralshacks #thehackadayprize #capacitivetouch #ttp223 #mouse

A Digital White Cane for the Visually Impaired - The white cane (and its many variants) is an everyday carry for many visually impa... - https://hackaday.com/2021/08/12/a-digital-white-cane-for-the-visually-impaired/ #2021hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #visualimpairment #distancesensor #wearablehacks #hackaday.io #assistance #wearable

PnPAssist: A “Smart” Build Platform For Manual PCB Assembly - Open source pick and place machines have come a long way in the past years, but ar... - https://hackaday.com/2021/07/23/pnpassist-a-smart-build-platform-for-manual-pcb-assembly/ #2021hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #smdcomponents #pickandplace #pcbassembly #toolhacks

Drink Water on Schedule or Else Flood Your Desk - How much water have you had to drink today? We would venture to guess that the ans... - https://hackaday.com/2021/07/07/drink-water-on-schedule-or-else-flood-your-desk/ #2021hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #drinkingwater #arduinohacks #arduinouno #hydration #waterpump #pomodoro #arduino

Silicon Jumpers Make this Wire-Free Breadboard Programmable - There’s no doubting the utility of the trusty solderless breadboard, but you have ... - https://hackaday.com/2021/06/23/silicon-jumpers-make-this-wire-free-breadboard-programmable/ #2021hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #analogswitch #breadboard #crosspoint #solderless #toolhacks #jumper #cmos

Home Automation Controller uses Chalk - Responding to the Rethink Displays challenge of the 2021 Hackaday Prize contest, f... - https://hackaday.com/2021/06/04/home-automation-controller-uses-chalk/ #2021hackadayprize #displaytechnology #thehackadayprize #homeautomation #chalkboard #homehacks

Miss The Predictive Text From Your Old Nokia? Build Your Own T9 Keypad - Do you miss the mind-blowing typing speed of your old Nokia brick with predictive ... - https://hackaday.com/2021/06/03/miss-the-predictive-text-from-your-old-nokia-build-your-own-t9-keypad/ #2021hackadayprize #peripheralshacks #thehackadayprize #predictivetext #keyboard #keypad #numpad

The Ground Beneath Your Feet: SuperAdobe Construction - Homes in different parts of the world used to look different from each other out of necessity, built... - https://hackaday.com/2020/10/27/the-ground-beneath-your-feet-superadobe-construction/ #2020hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #hackadaycolumns #construction #affordable #superadobe #homehacks #calearth #dwelling #compass #2020h #adobe #earth #house #laser #lidar #dome #home #pipe

Karting Hands-Free - Some of us have computer mice with more buttons than we have fingers, resolution tracking finer than... - https://hackaday.com/2020/09/01/karting-hands-free/ #assistivetechnolgy #electrooculography #thehackadayprize #medicalhacks #quadriplegic #wheelchair #motorized #steering #racing #games #eyes #kart #als

Simultaneous Soldering Station - Soldering irons are a personal tool. Some folks need them on the cool side, and some like it hot. Ge... - https://hackaday.com/2020/08/27/simultaneous-soldering-station/ #2020hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #solderingiron #atmega32u4 #toolhacks #arduino #atmega #sketch #solder #rohs #pcb

Checking in on the Damn Linux Tablet One - Tablets, slates, phones, and fablets, there are no shortage of electronics that take the Star-Trek-i... - https://hackaday.com/2020/08/25/checking-in-on-the-damn-linux-tablet-one/ #2020hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #tablethacks #displayport #linuxtablet #linuxhacks #jetsonnano #supercon #modular #som

Facing the Coronavirus - Some of us are oblivious to how often we touch our faces. The current finding is we reach for our ey... - https://hackaday.com/2020/08/22/facing-the-coronavirus/ #2020hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #distancesensor #arduinohacks #medicalhacks #facecovering #coronavirus #covid-19 #intruder #hc-sr04 #alarm #covid

The Challenges Of Monitoring Water Streams And Surviving Mother Nature - Small waterways give life in the form of drinking and irrigation water, but can also be very destruc... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/06/30/the-challenges-of-monitoring-water-streams-and-surviving-mother-nature/ #environmentalmonitoring #2020hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #waterlevel #techhacks #cellular #particle

Measuring the Time is a Breeze With This Air Flow Clock - If you’ve ever had surgery, and you’re over a certain age, chances are good you’re familiar with the... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/06/25/measuring-the-time-is-a-breeze-with-this-air-flow-clock/ #2020hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #rangefinder #clockhacks #arduino #vl53l1x #blower #fan #pid #pwm #rtc

Hackaday Prize: Cal-Earth is Digging Deep to Shelter Those in Need - For the average person, a government order to shelter in place or stay at home comes with some adjus... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/06/16/hackaday-prize-cal-earth-is-digging-deep-to-shelter-those-in-need/ #2020hackadayprize #affordablehousing #thehackadayprize #hackadaycolumns #humanitarianaid #housingcrisis #sustainable #greenhacks #barbedwire #superadobe #lifehacks #calearth #earth

Listen to your Feet, They Have a Lot to Tell You - [Umar Qattan] is in tune with his sole and is trying hard to listen to what it has to say.
At a low ... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/12/22/listen-to-your-feet-they-have-a-lot-to-tell-you/ #2019hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #sensors #insole #force #foot #gait #sole

Don’t Forget The Baby! - It must be a common worry among parents, that they might forget their offspring and leave them in th... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/12/05/dont-forget-the-baby/ #2019hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #supercapacitor #atmega328 #mp3

Use Your Earbud’s Media Controls on Your Laptop With This Useful Dongle - [David] sends in his very nicely designed “Thumpware Media Controller” that lets your mobile phone h... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/11/09/use-your-earbuds-media-controls-on-your-laptop-with-this-useful-dongle/ #digitalaudiohacks #2019hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #headphone #adapter #dongle #3.5mm #audio #media #pic16

You Need a Cyberdeck, this Board Will Help - In 1984, William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer helped kick off the cyberpunk genre that many hackers ha... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/08/16/you-need-a-cyberdeck-this-board-will-help/ #2019hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #retrocomputing #commodore64c #raspberrypi #cyberdeck #adapter #retro

PaperLedger: An e-Ink Cryptocurrency Ticker - For a long time it seemed like e-ink displays were outside the reach of us lowly hackers, as beyond ... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/08/12/paperledger-an-e-ink-cryptocurrency-ticker/ #2019hackadayprize #microcontrollers #thehackadayprize #cryptocurrency #wirelesshacks #display #e-paper #e-ink #esp32 #ttgo

Phase Shift Pump Control? There’s an App for That. - The sort of pumps used in the filtration systems of fountains and swimming pools don’t take kindly t... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/07/06/phase-shift-pump-control-theres-an-app-for-that/ #2019hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #motorcontroller #currentsensing #arduinohacks #phaseshift

A Customizable Open Source Mechanical Numpad - Mechanical keyboards with reduced key counts are all the rage these days, but while those streamline... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/05/13/a-customizable-open-source-mechanical-numpad/ #mechanicalkeyboard #2019hackadayprize #peripheralshacks #thehackadayprize #cherrymx #numpad #rgbled #qmk

Insert Coin (Cell) To Play LedCade - In this era of 4K UHD game console graphics and controllers packed full of buttons, triggers, and jo... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/05/06/insert-coin-cell-to-play-ledcade/ #2019hackadayprize #thehackadayprize #arduinohacks #gamecabinet #atmega328 #ledarray #arduino #games #8x8