#toyhacks — Public Fediverse posts

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

Robot Dinosaur YOLOs Colors and Shapes for Kids https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/robot-dinosaur-yolos-colors-and-shapes-for-kids/ #ArtificialIntelligence #objectdetection #educationaltoy #ToyHacks #YOLO

Robot Dinosaur YOLOs Colors and Shapes for Kids - YOLO can mean many things, but in the context of [be_riddickulous]’s AI Talking Ro... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/17/robot-dinosaur-yolos-colors-and-shapes-for-kids/ #artificialintelligence #objectdetection #educationaltoy #toyhacks #yolo

Rudolph’s Sleigh on a North Pole PCB https://hackaday.com/2024/12/20/rudolphs-sleigh-on-a-north-pole-pcb/ #Microcontrollers #friedrichgauss #christmascard #HolidayHacks #Lorentzforce #christmas #PCBHacks #ToyHacks #CH32V003 #slotcar #sleigh #gauss #led #pcb

Rudolph’s Sleigh on a North Pole PCB - Each Christmas, [Adam Anderson], [Daniel Quach], and [Johan Wheeler] (meanwhile go... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/20/rudolphs-sleigh-on-a-north-pole-pcb/ #microcontrollers #friedrichgauss #christmascard #holidayhacks #lorentzforce #christmas #pcbhacks #toyhacks #ch32v003 #slotcar #sleigh #gauss #led #pcb

Electronic Etch-A-Sketch, No Microcontroller Required https://hackaday.com/2024/06/20/electronic-etch-a-sketch-no-microcontroller-required/ #7400-series #demultiplex #etchasketch #multiplex #ToyHacks #discrete #encoder #matrix #logic #sram #led

Electronic Etch-A-Sketch, No Microcontroller Required - In a lot of ways, Etch-A-Sketch is the perfect toy; simple, easy to use, creative,... - https://hackaday.com/2024/06/20/electronic-etch-a-sketch-no-microcontroller-required/ #7400-series #demultiplex #etchasketch #multiplex #toyhacks #discrete #encoder #matrix #logic #sram #led

Sound-Reactive Light Saber Flips Allegiance Via Vowel Sounds - Students [Berk Gokmen] and [Justin Green] developed an RP2040-based LED-illuminate... - https://hackaday.com/2023/12/29/sound-reactive-light-saber-flips-allegiance-via-vowel-sounds/ #audiodetection #raspberrypi #lightsaber #toyhacks #rp2040 #disco #vowel

Remote-Controlled Hypercar Slices Through Air - Almost all entry-level physics courses, and even some well into a degree program, ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/05/23/remote-controlled-hypercar-slices-through-air/ #remotecontrolled #torquevectoring #aerodynamics #3dprinted #highspeed #toyhacks #vehicle #design #gforce #rc

3D Printed Tank Takes On The Elements - Commercially available radio control tanks are fun and all, but sometimes you’ve j... - https://hackaday.com/2021/05/16/3d-printed-tank-takes-on-the-elements/ #3dprintedparts #remotecontrol #robotshacks #tanktrack #tanktread #toyhacks #tank

RC Starship Perfects its Skydiving Routine - There’s a good chance you already saw SpaceX’s towering Starship prototype make its impressive twelv... - https://hackaday.com/2020/12/13/rc-starship-perfects-its-skydiving-routine/ #transportationhacks #remotecontrolled #thrustvectoring #toyhacks #starship #spacex #servo

Teardown: VTech Whiz Kid Luggable Computer - Back in the early 1980s, hotshot business types on the go would have used what were referred to at t... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/04/27/teardown-vtech-whiz-kid-luggable-computer/ #portablecomputer #educationaltoy #featured #teardown #toyhacks #luggable #vtech #toy

The Evolution of a 3D Printed Off-Road R/C Car - For about as long as hackers and makers have been using desktop 3D printers, there have been critics... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/04/09/the-evolution-of-a-3d-printed-off-road-r-c-car/ #remotecontrolled #3dprinted #toyhacks #gearbox #offroad #openr/c

A Commmand Center for Children with Sensory Needs - Toys for children are meant to be fun and interactive, but they’re even better if they’re educationa... more: https://hackaday.com/2020/01/25/a-commmand-center-for-children-with-sensory-needs/ #microcontrollers #educationaltoy #custompcb #toyhacks #sensory

The GENIAC Lives Again - [Mike Gardi] credits his professional successes in the world of software development on the fact tha... more: https://hackaday.com/2019/08/08/the-geniac-lives-again/ #interactivenarrative #educationaltoy #earlycomputer #classichacks #toyhacks #logictoy #replica