by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Dec 13, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
Don’t you hate getting up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom? The worst part is not being able to see what you’re doing, but if you turn on a light, you’ll lose your night vision. Nightlights are supposed to be the best solution, but are usually too bright...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Dec 12, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
When a beloved pet goes blind, it doesn’t mean they can’t or don’t want to play fetch anymore, only that the game must change a bit. [Bud Bennett]’s dog Lucy has slowly lost her sight to progressive renal atrophy but is still up for playing with toys, so [Bud] decided...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Dec 11, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
Over the last 2 years [Carl Bujega] has made a name for himself with his PCB motor designs. His latest adventure is to turn it into a stepper motor by adding position control with microstepping. The NEMA stepper motors most of us know are synchronous stepper motors,...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Dec 10, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
The idea of a reconfigurable macro keyboard is a concept that has been iterated on by many all the way from custom DIY keypads to the polarizing TouchBar on MacBooks. The continual rise of cheap powerful microcontrollers with Wi-Fi and 3D printers makes rolling your...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Dec 9, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
Imagine having a surface mount kit that you’d like to stencil with solder paste and reflow solder, but which doesn’t come with a solder stencil. That was what faced [Honghong Lu], and she rose to the challenge by taking a piece of PET sheet cut from discarded...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Dec 8, 2020 | [Tech News], Hackaday
A yogurt lid and embroidery hoop are key components in building this microphone. It’s a super low tech, entry-level project to get into “found sound” and exactly what is needed to start hacking around in the audio world. This workshop presented by Helen Leigh and...
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