Let’s face it—seeing a good tool go to waste is heartbreaking. So when his cordless drill’s motor gave up after some ...

It sounds really easy: you put some water in a soda bottle, pressurize it a bit with air, and then let it go. Water gets pushed ... This article is part of the Hackaday.com newsletter, delivered ...

Hey, you know that guy in accounting, Marco? If you want to find out more about him, you’d probably go surf LinkedIn or maybe a social media site. Inside a company, you might look on instant ...

As has become our New Year tradition, we like to take this time to go over some of the biggest ... It’s also a good time to reflect on Hackaday itself — how we’ve grown, the things that ...

It is actually clever design, and all about functionality and easy maintenance. Let’s break down why engineers prefer this so-called ‘floating’ base plate setup. At first, you might think ...

A service many of us depend on is making some changes. Let’s Encrypt is no longer going to email you when your certificate is about to expire. The top reason is simple. It’s getting to be a ...

This unusual tattoo hack by [Emily The Engineer] is not for the weak of heart, but let’s be frank: we kind of know her for that. And she gives out a warning, albeit at a good 10 minutes in ...

This unusual tattoo hack by [Emily The Engineer] is not for the weak of heart, but let’s be frank: we kind of know her for that. And she gives out a warning, albeit at a good 10 minutes in ...

Redbox was a company with a moderately interesting business model—it let you rent DVDs from automated kiosks. It’s an idea so simple it’s almost surprising it didn’t appear sooner.

Apply one or two coats, let it dry, and blast away. Vector files work better than raster files, and you’ll probably have to play with settings to get optimal results. With plain float glass ...

Elliot Williams, Al Williams, and a dozen or so great hacks. The question?  What do you get this week on the Hackaday podcast ...

even if their hackiness from a Hackaday viewpoint is sometimes variable. But from time to time up pops something that merits a second look. A case in point is [BUM]’s go-kart made entirely from ...