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hackaday.com > 09/13/2026 > keeping-time-on-tumbling-icosahedra

Keeping Time On Tumbling Icosahedra

5+ hour, 23+ min ago   (212+ words) Hackaday Clocks are almost the ideal devices to inspire creativity in hackers — they have a simple, well-defined task, but there’s an almost unlimited number of ways to carry it out [ekaggrat singh kalsi]’s OVODYO is a…...

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hackaday.com > 09/12/2026 > spin-fv-1-emulator-simplifies-sound-pedal-development

Spin FV-1 Emulator Simplifies Sound Pedal Development

17+ hour, 17+ min ago   (37+ words) If you've never heard of the Spin Semiconductors FP-1 digital signal processor chip, don't worry-- that just means you haven't been deep into guitar petals and audio effects hardware lately. [adamjvr]......

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hackaday.com > 09/12/2026 > making-an-air-powered-circular-saw-with-lego

Making An Air-Powered Circular Saw With LEGO

21+ hour ago   (38+ words) [caption id="attachment_1160852" align="alignright" width="400"] The all-LEGO version barely cuts paper. (Credit: Jamie's Brick Jams, YouTube)[/caption] Although building a table saw out of LEGO is p......

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hackaday.com > 09/12/2026 > big-infinity-mirror-clock-invites-you-to-gaze-deeply

Big Infinity Mirror Clock Invites You To Gaze Deeply

21+ hour, 25+ min ago   (33+ words) [Andy Huot] has a fantastic-looking infinity mirror digital clock that really raises the bar. It uses high quality components, smart use of RGB LED animations, and a clever "stacked diffuser" vertical......

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hackaday.com > 09/12/2026 > this-mac-is-open-source-hardware

This Mac Is Open Source Hardware

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (39+ words) Apple hardware has always been proprietary, sometimes to an extreme. But that's not to say that it's impossible to make something that does the same job, which is what [DosFox1] appears to have done w......

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hackaday.com > 09/12/2026 > looking-at-a-trs-80-12-mb-external-hard-drive-from-1983

Looking At A TRS-80 12 MB External Hard Drive From 1983

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (35+ words) Although hard disks weren't a common feature yet in many home computers in the 1980s, they were becoming increasingly more affordable. For relative meanings of the word 'affordable', naturally. This i......

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hackaday.com > 09/11/2026 > trying-to-fix-a-suspiciously-cheap-enterprise-grade-network-switch

Trying To Fix A Suspiciously Cheap Enterprise-Grade Network Switch

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (40+ words) When you see a listing for an Ethernet switch whose specification list is in effect 'yes', with a four-digit price tag when new, and with the seller asking for less than 10% of said $3,000 asking pric......

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hackaday.com > 09/10/2026 > creating-a-custom-hinge-for-a-motorbikes-fuel-access-panel

Creating A Custom Hinge For A Motorbike’s Fuel Access Panel

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (38+ words) A fun part of modifying something like a motorbike is that you sometimes have to come up with creative solutions to basic questions, like how you can still access the fuel tank's cap after extending i......

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hackaday.com > 09/10/2026 > custom-amoled-wearable-makes-great-icebreaker

Custom AMOLED Wearable Makes Great Icebreaker

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (38+ words) Nifty little AMOLED screens are easy to get nowadays, and [Sophie D] demonstrates they are both thin and light enough to be worn with OpenChoker, a design for a choker necklace that was a hit at DEF C......

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hackaday.com > 09/09/2026 > reverse-engineering-the-philips-pm5139

Reverse Engineering The Philips PM5139

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (34+ words) The Philips PM5139 is not famous. It won no great victories on the battlefield, nor was instrumental in changing the political landscape. It was just a useful function generator that you might find on......