by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 12, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
Join us on Wednesday, October 14th at noon Pacific for the Harnessing Your Creativity Hack Chat with Leo Fernekes! You’re sitting at your bench, surrounded by the tools of the trade — meters and scopes, power supplies and hand tools, and a well-stocked parts bin. Your...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 11, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
Building a retro computer, or even restoring one, is a great way to understand a lot of the fundamentals of computing. That can take a long time and a lot of energy, though. Luckily, there is a Twitter bot out there that can let you experience an old 8-bit Atari...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 10, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
Ordinarily, when we need gears, we pop open a McMaster catalog or head to the KHK website. Some of the more adventurous may even laser cut or 3D print them. But what about machining them yourself? [Uri Tuchman] set out to do just that. Of course, cutting your own...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 9, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
Are you tired of cats and other wildlife relieving themselves in your outdoor plant pots? As if accidental neglect won’t kill them fast enough. [TecnoProfesor] has a solution, and it doesn’t even involve a microcontroller. It detects the presence of approaching...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 8, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
One of the side effects of the rise of 3D printers has been the increased availability and low cost of 3D printer components, which are use fill for range of applications. [How To Mechatronics] capitalized on this and built a SCARA robot arm using 3D-printed parts and...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Oct 7, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
Have you ever wanted to watch someone reverse engineer a piece of hardware and pick up some tips? You can’t be there while [Jeremy] tears open a Netgear N300 router, but you can see his process step by step in some presentation charts, and you’ll get a few ideas for...
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